Competitor at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition

Competitor at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition

BMH.C.33.1 (Film negative)

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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.33.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 111

Competitor on horseback at the shooting contest firing at the target at speed. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the annual Gun and Arrow Competition at Gyantse in 1927. The site of the competition was close to the Paper Factory, about ten minutes from the Fort where the Agency staff stayed

Further Information

Activity

Firing , Riding

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - One contact print made from this negative is contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The print was made using Velox paper. The caption 'A competitor in the Annual Mounted Shooting Competition at Gyantse' has been written on the back in pencil, along with two reference numbers 'C33' and H6 [MS 03/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet C']: 'Competitors [at 'mounted arrow shooting']' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'Shooting at the mark. Rode up on their ponies, fired and turned back' [MS 03/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: For dating of image and further description, 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. "Competitor at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.C.33.1.html>.

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