Scene from Gyantse bazaar

Scene from Gyantse bazaar

BMH.G.30.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Gyantse > Bazaar

Accession number

BMH.G.30.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 113

Scene from Gyantse bazaar showing traders seated on the ground and crowds of people moving among them. Carpet sellers with rolled up carpets can be seen in the lower centre right of the image. These are nuns, identifiable by their distinctive wigs

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. "Scene from Gyantse bazaar" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.G.30.1.html>.

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