Blind musician in Lhasa Band

Blind musician in Lhasa Band

1998.131.253 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

January 1st 1937

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.253

Image Dimensions

160 x 108 mm

Blind musician, part of the Lhasa Band, entertaining Tibetan officials and the British Mission at the Dekyi Lingka, the residence of the British Mission in Lhasa

Further Information

Activity

Performing

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

BJ.6 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]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.253

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

Notes on print/mount - 'BJ 6' has been written in pencil on the back of the print in the centre. This relates to the numbering system that Chapman adopted for images taken on the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936-37 [MS 14/2/2005]

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]: 'Blind fiddler v. full' [MS 16/03/2006]

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Chapman used this image to illustrate the text of the official Mission Diary for January 1st 1937. On that day the Mission invited some of the leading Tibetan officials to lunch to celebrate the New Year. He wrote: "Out in the garden we had the Lhasa Band and dancers. The former consists of two Chinese fiddlers, one of them blind, a bearded Ladaki, who plays a flute, and a Tibetan with another curious stringed instrument. The blind fiddler, incidentally, enjoys the privilege of being allowed to smoke even in the presence of the Cabinet" [MS 14/2/2005]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'BJ' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Lhasa band, chang girls, Tibetan officials including Tsarong and Ringang, Finch, Norbhu, Everest Permit and Khampa people, all apparently taken in the first week of January 1937 [MS 16/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Blind musician in Lhasa Band" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.253.html>.

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