Shrine in compound at Trapchi

Shrine in compound at Trapchi

1998.131.267 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

October 14th - 17th 1936?

Region

Lhasa > Trapshi

Accession number

1998.131.267

Image Dimensions

85 x 113

Chorten or tomb in walled compound containing Chinese pavilion; part of former Chinese Amban's residence

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

C.8.10 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.267

Other Information

In Negative - '10' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom right hand corner [MS 16/03/2006]

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]: 'Ditto [Chinese [?] ] better' [MS 16/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.8' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Potala and Lhasa, officials coming through Pargo Kaling, the Turquoise Bridge, Tsarong, Trimon, views from and of Sera, a woman washing clothes, a shepherd with a sling and football teams. They seem to have been taken October 13th - 20th 1936 [MS 16/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Shrine in compound at Trapchi" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.267.html>.

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