Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
1927 - 1928
Region
Gyantse > Dak Bungalow
Accession number
BMH.D.82.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 108
A mail horse arriving at
Gyantse Dak Bungalow. The Political Officer F. M. Bailey wanted to speed up communications between Sikkim and
Gyantse and tried to institute a motorised mail service, which Hopkinson was given responsibility for overseeing. However, it did not succeed and the horse service remained a principal mode of transporting correspondence between Gangtok and the various Trade Agencies in Tibet. In this photograph the mail bags can be seen strapped to the saddles of two ponies that have just entered
Gyantse dak bungalow compound
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Expedition
A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Mail arriving at Gyantse Dak Bungalow"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.82.1.html>.
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