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1871. Photo 1167(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(37)
Title:
Villager at Gede, Spiti, washing the head and feet of a yak killed by a snow leopard. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'In the village of Gede, a man is washing the head and feet of a yak, after singeing off its hair. These parts are all that can be salvaged from an animal killed by a snow leopard and subsequently torn apart by wolves and vultures. Yaks are worth a lot of money and this is a major financial loss...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1872. Photo 1167(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(38)
Title:
Women making deep fired breads for a wedding ceremony at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Women making deep fried breads for a wedding ceremony in Kibber. Every family in the village will be invited to the village hall to receive a handout of food and drink: bread, rice, beer, and tsalma (cooked barley dough)' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1873. Photo 1167(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(40)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: the bride and consort weeping before she leaves home. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The bride and her consort weeping before she leaves her home. Her parents are both dead and as a song is sung she breaks down. All of the older women in the room and many men are crying too. Spiti brides are expected to weep as they leave their family homes forever....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1874. Photo 1167(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(42)
Title:
Village elders, Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Village elders in Kibber. These men carry the knowledge of traditional community rituals, wedding songs and dances, and start the dancing at pingris and weddings parties. Their knowledge is transmitted orally from generation to generation' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1875. Photo 1167(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(43)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: the bridegroom garlanded with necklaces of rupees on the second night of his wedding. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The bridegroom garlanded with necklaces of rupees on the second night of his wedding. Traditionally, some time after the first son gets married, he is given all the land and the family house. His father and mother eventually retire to another house or to an annexe o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1876. Photo 1167(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(47)
Title:
A pingri, or special birthday party for a boy in Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A pingri, a special birthday party for a boy in Kibber. This is a major social event in which the boy's family provides food for the whole village. The villagers in turn give the child large amounts of money and kataks, (ceremonial white scarves). The money will be banked on his behalf. This gi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

1877. Photo 1167(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(49)
Title:
A girl bathes her younger brother in the small winter living room in a large house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

1878. Photo 1167(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(50)
Title:
A Buchen politely refuses the offer of tea in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'A Buchen politely refuses the offer of tea in a house in Lara. Buchen are honoured guests and as such are seated on thick carpets raised off the floor near to the stove while the family sits on mats on the floor' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

1879. Photo 1167(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(51)
Title:
Women serving Buchen in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Women serving Buchen in a house in Lara. Buchen are honoured guests and are traditionally looked after by the younger women of the house and village in which they are staying. Their relationship is marked by flirtation and continual joking' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

1880. Photo 1167(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(58)
Title:
An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara. Bowls and buckets of barley that are brought as offerings and placed in front of the altar and statue of Thangtong Gyalpo are part of the villagers’ payment to the Buchen' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

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