Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

December 10th 1936

Region

Lhasa > Kundeling

Accession number

2001.35.85.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

View of 'Disease Chasing' ceremony at Kundeling Monastery. Monks are gathered around with drums and offerings are laid upon a table in the centre of the temporary enclosure. This photograph was taken two days before Evan Nepean departed from Lhasa in December 1936

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative

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

2001.35.396.19.4

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "'Disease Chasing' ceremony at Kundeling Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.85.1.html>.

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'Disease Chasing' ceremony at Kundeling Monastery