Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Region

Gyantse Region > Nyangto Kyipuk

Accession number

BMR.6.8.133

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

A monk standing beside a small square opening to a cell where a religious practitioner is in retreat at a hermitage centre at Nyangto Kyipuk, six miles downstream from Gyantse. The opening would be used for passing food to the hermit inside.

Further Information

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Other Information

Technical Information - The camera used to take this collection of colour slides (Dufay colour) were a Zeiss Super Ikonta and a Reflex Korelle. [KC 09/10/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Typewritten handlist entitled 'Hugh Richardson Collection, The British Museum. Photographs taken between 1936-50. Cameras: Zeiss Super Ikonta, Reflex Korelle. 300 colour slides (Dufay colour); copies made Jan. 1995.
[no.] 133. Nyangto Kyi Phuk, six miles downstream from Gyantse. A hermitage centre with a number of cells, where the practitioner would spend long periods in darkness developing meditation skills. The person inside the cell is given food through the small window.' [KC 10/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Hermit's cell at Nyangto Kyipuk, near Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.133.html>.

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