Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

August 2nd 1936

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Kargyu

Accession number

2001.35.396.5.6

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The main entrance to Kargyu Monastery in the Chumbi Valley. The British Mission party visited the gompa briefly on August 2nd 1936 when Sir Basil Gould was en route to Lhasa

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.13.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Monks in the courtyard'. [MS 28/07/2006]

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: "We followed [the welcoming party] through a most attractive wooden gateway into a large cobbled courtyard where a crowd of monks welcomed us. Behind carved pillars there was an ambulatory right round the yard with ancient looking frescoes on the walls ... A fine pony was tied to a pole in the centre of the court; many dogs prowled around. // ... [After tea with the Abbot] We then wandered round the outside of the monastery, and returned to the yard where we took photos of the monks. They enjoyed this thoroughly. " ['Lhasa: The Holy City', F. Spencer Chapman, London: Chatto & Windus, 1938, pp. 25-6] [MS 09/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Main entrance to Kargyu Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.5.6.html>.

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Main entrance to Kargyu Monastery