Lonchen Shokang's daughter
with Captain Tsoko's wife

Lonchen Shokang's daughter  with Captain Tsoko's wife

1998.286.286.2 (Lantern Slide)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Named Person

Shokhang Lonchen, Shokhang Lochen's daughter, Captain Tsoko's wife

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.286.286.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

The Prime Minister Lonchen Shokhang's daughter on the right, with Captain Tsoko's wife on the left. The two women are standing in a lavishly furnished room with carved wall panels. The women are wearing all the accoutrements of high status, such as amulets, beads and other jewellery, rich textiles, and elaborate Lhasa-style head dresses

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

L.?

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.272-53

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lonchen Shokang's daughter
with Captain Tsoko's wife
" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.286.2.html>.

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