Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Rinchengong

Accession number

BMH.E.36.1

Image Dimensions

104 x 85

A view of Rinchengong, one of the last villages on the Tibetan side of the border with Bhutan in the lower Chumbi Valley. This photograph was probably taken in the winter of 1927-28

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Rinchengong" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.36.1.html>.

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