Champithang Bungalow

Champithang Bungalow

1998.131.99 (Contact Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

August 1st - 2nd 1936

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Champithang

Accession number

1998.131.99

Image Dimensions

62 x 87

Champithang Bungalow. A group of people can be seen outside and mules which are being loaded or unloaded. Champithang Bungalow was a resting place for the Mission members and their porters

Further Information

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

CA.23 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.99

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'CA 23' has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as has the name 'F. S. Chapman' along the bottom edge on the back of the print [MS 08/04/2006]

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]: 'Champithang Dak B. [Bungalow]’; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 1, From Gangtok to the Natu La August 1936: ‘2/1 - Dak bungalow at YATUNG [ sic ]’ [MS 08/04/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CA' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Residency, Gangtok and the Mission party preparing to go to Lhasa, the Maharanee of Sikkim, journey near Karponang, Changu Lake, Champithang and Chumbi Valley, Kargyu monastery and Yatung. At the top of the list is the comment ‘8, 9, 13, 17, 19, 20, 28, 31, 33, 36, 37 already enlarged 4x6. 3 copies’ [MS 08/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: Entry in Mission Diary for August 1st 1936: "Across the [Natu La] pass we were in Tibet and in an offshoot of the fertile and well watered Chumbi Valley. The tree line is very high, at nearly 14,000 feet, and the jungle here is a blaze of wild flowers. Chapman collected over a hundred varieties of flowers around Champithang Bungalow at over 13,000 feet. // We lunched en route and reached the bungalow early in the afternoon" ['Lhasa Mission, 1936: Diary of Events', Part I p. 2, written by Neame] [MS 08/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Champithang Bungalow" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.99.html>.

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