Procession of the Dalai Lama's entrance to Lhasa

Procession of the Dalai Lama's entrance to Lhasa

2001.59.14.45.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

October 8th 1939

Region

Lhasa > Barkhor

Accession number

2001.59.14.45.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

A procession of horsemen with drums on either side of their saddles on their way round the Barkhor to the front entrance of the Jokhang. They are part of the procession which accompanied the young Dalai Lama on his entry to Lhasa and his visit to the Jokhang. Horses and spectators line the street.

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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album (outer case) - (on front) 'Kodak NEGATIVE FILE' in red and yellow lettering and a white label with 'Z.' in black ink'; (on reverse) 'Kangchenjunga. Gangtok Dances. RETURN of DL. Yak dancers etc. BIRDS etc.'; the letter 'A' in the top left hand corner and '8' in the right hand corner all written in white. (On spine on yellow "Subjects" label) ' GANGTOK . LHASA . PEOPLE . D.L. animals Birds; [Dates] 1936-40' written in Richardson's hand in blue ink; (below the label) the number '8' in white overwritten by the letter 'A' in pencil. Notes on negative album - (on cover) '8, Kangchenjunga. Gangtok Dances. RETURN of DL 1939. Yak dancers. Lhamo. Officials Tests. BIRDS...'. (On the spine) "KODAK NEGATIVE FILE 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 IN. (6 X 6 CM.) in embossed gold lettering; the letter "A" in white in Richardson's hand. Notes on negative index inside the negative album under 'Subject' - 'Arrival of DL at LHASA'

Other Information - Setting


Other Information - Setting: Hugh Richardson recalls this day in Simon Normanton's Tibet: The Lost Civilisation, 1988, London: Hamish Hamilton, "Two days later he [the Dalai Lama] was brought in state into Lhasa. In the Jo-Khang he was initiated as a monk and assumed names which mean 'The Holy One, The Gentle Glory, Powerful in Speech, Pure in Mind, Holder of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom'." (p.130)

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Procession of the Dalai Lama's entrance to Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.45.1.html>.

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