Tengoling Monastery

Tengoling Monastery

BMH.D.53.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

July 9th 1927

Region

Gyantse Region > Tengoling

Accession number

BMH.D.53.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 111

Tengoling Monastery, about 14 miles from Gyantse on the road to Shigatse. The red-painted main temple can be seen in the centre of the image. A. J. Hopkinson visited there on July 9th - 10th 1927 with Capt. Dean to see a special ceremony that was held there on the 10th and 11th days of the 5th Tibetan month [see Notes]

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet D']: 'Tangoling' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing July 5th 1927, Gyantse, page 3 ff [MS 17/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tengoling Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.53.1.html>.

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