Apso
2001.59.3.40.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
After April 1937
Region
Gyantse > British Trade Agency
Accession number
2001.59.3.40.1
Image Dimensions
85 X 56 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated August 2001
Donated by
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Expedition
Hugh E. Richardson
Other Information
In Negative - Notes on negative album - '3' 'MUG, LHOBRAG GORGE. GYANTSE. KHAMPA DANCERS. CHIPSHA MEN, CHOPA. APSOS DREPUNG. NORBULING. DEKYI. POTALA'
In Negative - Notes on negative index - 'Apsos'
Other Information - Apsos, Tibetan breed of dog known popularly as Lhasa Apso. The term Apso is mostly likely to drived from Tibetan words a ra (beard) and sob sob (soft).[TS 20/4/2005]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: Richardson seems to have acquired his first mastiff puppy in April 1937, and subsequently acquired at least one Apso dog [Hugh Richardson Archive, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS Or Richardson 3 folio 84].
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Apso "
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.3.40.1.html>.
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