Riders at Dzonggyap shambe

Riders at Dzonggyap shambe

1998.131.554 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

March 8th 1937

Region

Lhasa > Lhalu

Accession number

1998.131.554

Image Dimensions

114 x 162

Members of cavalry in armour with weapons in foreground at the Dzonggyap shambe or `Gallop behind the fort'. The target is suspended between poles, visible behind the soldiers. Spectators can be seen in the background with Lhalu Mansion behind them

Further Information

Activity

Archery

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa (Hugh Richardson)

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.554

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Riders at Dzonggyap shambe " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.554.html>.

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