Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

March - July 1927?

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Phari > Dak Bungalow

Accession number

BMH.D.7.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 108

This image seems to have been taken inside a dak bungalow, possibly that at Phari. One of A. J. Hopkinson's clerks can be seen on the left distributing payments to a group of men who have been assisting the march between Gyantse and Yatung and who bow before as a sign of respect. They are standing inside the courtyard of the dak bungalow and other people can be seen outside through the gateway

Further Information

Activity

Gesturing Head

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

Other Information

In Negative - 'D 16' has been written in blue ink in the top right corner of the negative and in the lower right corner along the right edge and then, in both cases, struck through [MS 14/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet D']: 'paying coolies on march' [MS 28/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Paying 'coolies' on march" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.7.1.html>.

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