Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

December 1926 - February 1927?

Named Person

Pasang

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Yatung >

Accession number

BMH.A.65.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 114

Village children in Yatung, Chumbi Valley, with Hopkinson's head chaprassi, Pasang, in the background. The child in the foreground wearing a head cloth is, according to Hopkinson of Gurkha heritage. Wood can be seen stacked up alongside the buildings

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

Other Information

In Negative - 'A65' has been written on the right edge of the negative in black ink. [MS 12/05/2006]

Notes on print/mount - One contact print made from this negative is contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The print appears to have been removed from an album, as there are traces of black mounting paper around the edges of the print as if it has been taken out after previously being glued in place. A partially decipherable caption has been written on the back in pencil: "Passang [??] village children (front boy is Gurkha or half-Gurkhali". The number 1 has been written on the front top right corner in pencil. [MS 26/06/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet A - A. J. Hopkinson ICS Gyantse via Siliguri]: 'children in Shasima bazar' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '65, 66, 67, 68 and 69 - children at school in Yatung' [MS 21/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Village children in Yatung" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.A.65.1.html>.

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