2001.59.9.51.1 (Film negative)
2001.59.9.51.1 (Film negative)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
April 11th 1937
Karmashar Oracle
Lhasa > Sera
2001.59.9.51.1
55 x 85 mm
Ritual Activity
Negative film nitrate
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - 'A'. CEREMONIES. SCAPEGOAT. SERPANG. ORACLE KARMASHAR. CHIPGYUR. LHA BSDUR NECHUNG. YASO. LUKHANG BOATS. GANGTOK WARRIORS.'
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 51 'Karmashar at Sera'. [KC 20/9/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist - 'Vol. Album 'A' 21-48 'Tshog-mchod Gser-'phreng Other photographs in Album C os 34-47. The Tshog mchod was instituted by Samgs-rgyas Rgya-mtsho in memory of the Vth Dalai Lama. The Gser-'phreng procession is said to represent a dream the Dalai Lama had. ... 51. A dance at Se-ra monastery in prescence of the Karma-shar oracle, whose headdress can be seen in the foreground. He is the oracle connected with Sera and visits it on the 15th of the 6th month at the 'Dzam-gling spyi bsangs.' [KC 20/9/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Karmashar oracle in a Sera monastery courtyard "
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.9.51.1.html>.
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