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1. Photo 1167

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Photo 1167
Title:
Photographs of Spiti. Photographer: Patrick Sutherland
Scope & Content:
Collection of 75 loose gelatin silver prints, recording life in Spiti, taken between 1993 and 2007 as part of an ongoing documentation project by the photographer. The photographs record daily life, social customs, monastic life and religious ceremonies in the Spiti Valley. Many of the earlier i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1993-2007
Extent:
75 items

2. Photo 1167(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(1)
Title:
Young nuns studying religious texts at Pangmo Convent, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Showing two young nuns studying texts, while seated among coils of piping, with a group of nuns watching from the steps above: 'Young nuns studying religious texts at Pangmo Convent, a new monastery built with funds raised by an American Buddhist nun. The plastic piping now brings water to the n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1167(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(2)
Title:
Tsering Drolma carrying a child outside the entrance to her mud house in Pangmo, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Tsering Drolma carrying a child outside the entrance to her mud house in Pangmo. Women shave their heads when they become nuns or when their husbands die and they decide not to remarry. Like most nuns of her generation, Tsering lived within the family home,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1167(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(3)
Title:
Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal. These rooms are used daily for prayer and ritual. On special occasions, monks, an oracular medium, a healer or an exorcist may be invited. Offerings of water bowls and butter lamps are set out d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1167(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(4)
Title:
Young monk on the roof of Key Monastery, with solar panel. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A young monk on the roof of Key Monastery. Solar power is an ideal technology in this high altitude desert and is subsidised by the Himachal Pradesh state government. Many houses have solar powered lamps and some schools have solar powered cookers' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1167(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(5)
Title:
The upper Spiti Valley above Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the hillside above, looking down onto the monastery and along the Spiti Valley: 'The upper Spiti Valley above Key Monastery. Spiti is a remote high altitude desert region on the border of Tibet, and on the western fringe of the Tibetan world. Over the last...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1167(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(6)
Title:
Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
View from a similar viewpoint to print 5, looking down onto Key Monastery, but with the figure of Khiu Tsering, climbing the path in the foreground: 'The late Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. He has spent the day turning the giant prayer wheel at Key monastery. The eld...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1167(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(7)
Title:
Monks preparing food in the kitchen of Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks in the kitchen of Key Monastery preparing food for the monastic community. A large cauldron of cricket ball-sized lumps of pak, a mixture of tsampa (roast barley flour), black tea and butter will be distributed along with rations of Tibetan tea' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1167(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(8)
Title:
Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two monks wearing masks, with monastery buildings in the background: 'Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1167(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(9)
Title:
Kachen Lama, the oldest monk in Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait, seated inside a room in the monastery: 'The late Kachen Lama, until recently the oldest and most venerable monk in Spiti. His injured arm is held in a sling suspended from the ceiling. After his death, the villagers in Key established Spiti’s fi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item