1. Photo 1167(70)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(70)
- Title:
- Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- 'Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung. He is invoking the local demons in order to trap them in a block of stone. Once trapped the stone was laid on the belly of the owner of the house then smashed with a boulder' (Patrick Sutherland).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Feb 2006
- Extent:
- 1 item