Khampa man with prayer wheel
BMR.86.1.38.4 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
January 15th 1936?
Region
Lhasa Area
Accession number
BMR.86.1.38.4
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
Expedition
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Photo also owned by
Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson
Previous Catologue Number
2.2 In publication
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [see photos in publication]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
Published
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [view list of illustrations]
Other Information
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others on page 38 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 25/08/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'A Kampa nomad with prayer wheel'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 4: ‘6/2 - Nomad turning prayer wheel’ [MS 25/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with '2' comprise a group of negatives including images of Khampa people, Kinchung, a shuttle cock game and images of the Regent’s palace. They seem to have been taken between January 15th - 27th 1937. Chapman also included this photograph in another grouping in his handlist headed 'Types, Nomads' [MS 30/03/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Khampa man with prayer wheel"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.38.4.html>.
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