The Dalai Lama's sedan chair being carried at Doguthang

The Dalai Lama's sedan chair being carried at Doguthang

2001.59.14.44.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

October 8th 1939

Region

Lhasa Area > Doguthang Rikya

Accession number

2001.59.14.44.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

The sedan chair carrying the young Dalai Lama, marked by an umbrella, being observed by a crowd of spectators below Rikya monastery. In the foreground, there is a lay official on horseback.

Further Information

Activity

Riding , Ritual Activity

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The Dalai Lama's sedan chair being carried at Doguthang" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.44.1.html>.

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