Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1948

Named Person

Shigatse Dzongpon

Region

Shigatse

Accession number

BMH.M.4.1

Image Dimensions

65 x 60

The two Dzongpon of Shigatse standing against a stonework wall in a courtyard. They are both wearing brocade chuba and hats befitting their status. Two officials would be work together, one lay (right) and the other ecclesiastical (left)

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as Indian Political Officer 1947-48

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The two Dzongpon of Shigatse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.M.4.1.html>.

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