Key Information

Photographer

Unknown

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 - 37

Region

Lhasa > Ragyapa camp

Accession number

BMR.86.1.38.2

A group of children identified by the caption in the album as being from a Ragyapa group, who were responsible for the ritual disposal of the deceased

Further Information

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

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Ragyapa children" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.38.2.html>.

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Ragyapa children