Hide coracle on the river near Lhasa
BMR.86.1.70.1 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
September 3rd 1936
Region
Lhasa > Kyichu
Accession number
BMR.86.1.70.1
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
CM.35 [view film roll]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - 'Coracle for crossing Tsangpo' has been written beneath the image in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 26/08/2006]
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of boats on page 70 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]: 'Boats'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 1, From Gangtok to the Natu La August 1936: ‘24/4 - Coracle of yak hide stretched over wooden frame’ [MS 26/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CM' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Drepung Monastery, river behind Dekyi Lingka, Pargo Kaling, Chakpori, Turquoise Bridge, boats, Potala, ‘air views’, all apparently taken between August 30th and September 3rd 1936 [MS 10/04/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Hide coracle on the river near Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.70.1.html>.
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