Winnowing grain in Lhasa
BMR.86.1.58.1 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
November 13th - 15th 1936?
Region
Lhasa Area
Accession number
BMR.86.1.58.1
Further Information
Activity
Winnowing
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
C.7.3 [view film roll]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
Other Information
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others showing various scenes relating to harvesting on page 58 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 26/08/2006]
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]: 'Winnowing grain 1.200 f.5.6 x1' [MS 26/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.7.' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Turquoise Bridge, winnowing grain, willows behind the Potala, child asleep in box with teapot, views of Potala and Kundeling. They all seem to have been taken between November 13th - 15th 1936, when harvesting was taking place around Lhasa [MS 16/03/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Winnowing grain in Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.58.1.html>.
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