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Subject Musicians Name Sutherland, Patrick Level [40] File

1. Photo 1167(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(45)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: a member of a group of musicians sleeping below the head of a butchered yak after the first night of the wedding. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A member of a group of musicians sleeping after the first night of a traditional wedding in Kibber. The musicians have been playing for nearly twenty four hours, working and sleeping in relays, and are exhausted and drunk. The head of a yak that was butchered for the wedding, is part of the tra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1167(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(48)
Title:
A party of Buchen, travelling religious performers, leaving the village of Lidang on their way to Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A party of Buchen, travelling religious performers, leaving the village of Lidang on their way to Lara. Buchen can be away from their homes in Pin Valley for months at a time. The sound of Buchen calling back to the villagers echoes through the silence' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item