2001.59.5.83.1 (Film negative)
Raw Image
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1936-50
Chumbi Valley Region > Phari
2001.59.5.83.1
35 mm
Negative film nitrate
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
In Negative - '12 - 12A' and '13-13A' are printed at the top of the negative strip. [KC 8/9/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '5' 'Yaso. Serpang. Byamspa gdan dren. Taarpa gling Oracle, lhosar [?] ceremonies. Jo mo lhari, Phari' is written on the negative album in white in Richardson's hand. [KC 31/7/2006]
Notes on negative index '5' - Folio 83. 'do. [ PHARI]'
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist - 'Vol. 5' Nos. 82-86. 'Phari (Phag-ri)'. [KC 7/9/2006]
Other Information - two photographs on one piece of negative film. [Rhianedd Smith 13/12/2002] The photograph on the right is a re-take of photograph. [KC 8/9/2006]
Other Information - Setting: Pha ri (phag ri) is situated at 4360 m and is one of the highest settlements in the world. The town served as a major trading centre between Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim. It also served as the main administration centre for Western Tibet. It is surrounded by major Himalayan peaks, in the east Chomolhari is visible and in the west lies the Kunchenjunga range. (TS)
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Two lanes in Phari "
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.5.83.1.html>.
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