Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Named Person

Pangdatsang, Ringang

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

BMR.6.8.45

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

A group of officials (including a monk) in a tent at a party, possibly in Dekyi Lingka. The front row is sitting on a carpet, the second row on chairs and the back row is standing. [When flipped] The middle person in the front row is Pangdatsang, a wealthy merchant, and in the second row on the left is Ringang

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Flipped Negative

This image has been flipped during scanning. You can compare the correct image above

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.] 45. Family party in Lhasa. The powerful Khampa merchant Pandatsang is in white, seated on the ground in the middle. On the far right, seated, is an assistant trader from Kham. A clerk of the Kashag (Cabinet) is to Pandatsang's right. Above him, middle row on the left, is the elder Ringgang.' [KC 10/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Group of party guests at Dekyi Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.45.html>.

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