Weaver in Mondo's House

Weaver in Mondo's House

BMR.86.1.60.4 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

January 1937

Region

Lhasa > Mondo's House

Accession number

BMR.86.1.60.4

A weaver seated at a loom in a courtyard in Lhasa. This photograph was probably taken in Mondo's house

Further Information

Activity

Weaving

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson

Previous Catologue Number

8.2 [view film roll]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

Other Information

Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of crafts men and women at work on page 60 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 26/08/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'Weaver - laughing girl'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 4: ‘11/1 - Lhasa woman weaving’ [MS 26/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with '8' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Mondo’s house, a weaver and Ragyapa people [MS 17/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Weaver in Mondo's House" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.60.4.html>.

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