Nyenying Monastery

Nyenying Monastery

BMH.COL.24.1 (Transparency colour)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1948

Region

Gyantse Region > Nyenying

Accession number

BMH.COL.24.1

Image Dimensions

69 x 69

Nyenying Monastery near Gyantse, one of the residences of Dorje Pamo, the highest female incarnate lama in Tibet

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

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

Previous Catologue Number

SB.24

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Nyening Gompa' has been written on the top edge of the slide [MS 24/08/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - The index list in the original box in which the slides are still contained identifies this image as 'Nyening Monastery' [MS 24/08/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nyenying Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.COL.24.1.html>.

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