Gyantse Gun and Arrow Competition

Gyantse Gun and Arrow Competition

BMH.C.18.1 (Contact Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

June 21st 1927

Region

Gyantse > Paper Factory

Accession number

BMH.C.18.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 109

Some of the competitors or officials in the annual Gun and Arrow Shooting competition at Gyantse. The competition took place in a large open space near the Gyantse paper factory on the outskirts of the town some ten minutes away from the Fort where the British Agency staff resided. The men are here seen mounted on horse back with quivers full of arrows attached to their mounts

Further Information

Activity

Riding

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

This Image also appears in another collection

BMH.C.32

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The print in this pouch of the negative wallet is a facsimile print intended for marking up with crop and reproduction instructions before publication. A number of such marks can be seen on the back of the print [MS 01/07/2006]

Technical Information - This image has been mistakenly assigned a separate reference number 'C.18' when in fact it is simply the facsimile print of negative 'C.32'. The marks that appear in white on the facsimile print can be seen on the original negative
[see notes for related image] [MS 01/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet C']: 'Competitor in Horse Race' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'The arrow shooting, and the judges' procession' [MS 01/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing June 26th 1927, Gyantse, pages 1-3 [MS 01/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Gyantse Gun and Arrow Competition" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.C.18.1.html>.

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