Official reception group outside Shigatse

Official reception group outside Shigatse

BMH.M.41.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1948

Region

Shigatse Region

Accession number

BMH.M.41.1

Image Dimensions

65 x 60

The monk officials and their servants who met Mr and Mrs Hopkinson outside Shigatse on their 1948 trip. The servant on the right holds the gold lacquered hat that would be worn by the monk official in the centre of the image

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as Indian Political Officer 1947-48

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Official reception group outside Shigatse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.M.41.1.html>.

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