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1861. Photo 1166/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1166/2(32)
Title:
Polo players from Chitral. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of four polo players, seated on horseback, with attendant musicians with drums and pipes standing in front. Prints 29-32 are all taken at the same location and presumably on the same occasion (possibly at Chitral?).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

1862. Photo 1166/2(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1166/2(46)
Title:
Afghans. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner - 61' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five Afghan men, posed with a donkey in front of a mud house. The figure on the left is seated on a charpoy, smoking a water pipe. Almost certainly photographed in Pak...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

1863. 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

1864. Photo 1167(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(12)
Title:
Tibetan refugee and child selling Chinese plimsolls at the Gungri Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'A Tibetan refugee and child selling Chinese plimsolls at the Gungri Monastery Cham. This annual dance festival attracts large numbers of local devotees, peddlers and increasing numbers of tourists' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

1865. Photo 1167(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(13)
Title:
A tantric healer treating a young child suffering from fits, Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Urgyen Dhargye, a nagpa (tantric practitioner), widely respected as a healer and exorcist, is treating a young child who is suffering from fits. He is blowing a mantra over the face of the child. Spiti has high infant mortality rates and tuberculosis is widespread. Villagers consult nagpas, ora...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

1866. Photo 1167(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(15)
Title:
Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang, Spiti, with satellite dish in foreground. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang. Houses are constructed from dried mud which softens rapidly when exposed to water. Spiti is a desert landscape where it rarely rains, but changing weather conditions threaten houses and monasteries alike. Most houses now have digital s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

1867. Photo 1167(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(16)
Title:
An old man wrapped in blankets in Pangmo, Spiti, where winter temperatures can drop as low as -40°C. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

1868. Photo 1167(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(26)
Title:
Villagers waiting to return from the Kunzum La after the departure of the Dalai Lama from Spit. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) 'As the Dalai Lama descended from the Kunzum La, a rainbow coloured halo appeared around the sun. Meteorological signs like these are commonly reported when the Dalai Lama visits Spiti and are viewed as auspicious omens. After his departure, villagers...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1996
Extent:
1 item

1869. Photo 1167(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(30)
Title:
Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza. Metalled roads are being constructed all over the valley. They require regular maintenance to repair damage caused by the extreme climate in Spiti. The workers, mainly young women, shatter stones into small pieces which they mix with hot tar in trays and t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

1870. Photo 1167(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(35)
Title:
Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar. The social centre of every house is a metal box stove which burns dried dung' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

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