Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Named Person

Lieutenant Sangster?

Region

Gyantse > Post Office

Accession number

BMH.E.97.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 110

Two women washing cloth in the yard of the Tibetan post office in Gyantse. Yak dung cakes for fuel are seen drying on the wall in the background. One of the members of the British Agency (wearing Gilgit boots) also visible on the left of the image. A dog can be seen in the background

Further Information

Activity

Domestic Activity , Fibre Preparing

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

Other Information

In Negative - 'E97' has been written on the top edge of the negative in black ink. The left edge of the negative has been cut very crudely [MS 31/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet E']: 'Women washing cloth' [MS 04/05/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '97 - women washing cloth in the yard of the Tibetan post office in Gyantse. This is probably newly woven cloth which has already been fulled. Yak dung cakes are seen drying on the wall in the background. One of the members of the British contingent (wearing Gilgit boots) also visible - perhaps Sangster or Dean' [MS 29/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Women washing cloth in Gyantse post office yard" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.97.1.html>.

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