Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1948, 1949

Named Person

14th Dalai Lama's mother, Tsering Dolma, Jetsun Pema, Khando Tsering

Region

Lhasa > Yabshi Takster

Accession number

2001.59.7.9.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

The Dalai Lama's mother, Gyayum Chenmo, Dekyi Tsering, (seated) with the wife of an Indian official, standing on the left and her eldest daughter, Tsering Dolma (in sunglasses) on the right. The girl on the left is the Dalai Lama's sister, Jetsun Pema (b. 1940) and the girl on the right is Tsering Dolma's daughter, Khando Tsering. The photograph is most probably taken in front of a large window of the Dalai Lama's new family house in Lhasa, Yabshi Takster. The bottom of a bird cage may be seen in the top left hand corner.

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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '7' 'PEOPLE'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 9. 'Gyayum chenmo and family'

Other Information - Biography: 'The person seated in the centre is the Gyayam chenmo [the Dalai Lama's mother]. The adults on the left and right are the Nepalese Representative's wife? and Tsering Dolma (the Dalai Lama's elder sister). The children on the left and right are Jetsun Pema (the Dalai Lama's youngest sister) and her cousin, Kangdrul la (Tsering Dolma's daughter). [TT in conversation with KC] [KC 9/6/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Gyayum chenmo, mother of the Dalai Lama and family" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.7.9.1.html>.

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