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771. 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

772. 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

773. Photo 1167(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(53)
Title:
Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara. Chettan Dorje is reading and reciting from Tibetan scripts, Pema Namgyal is turning a prayer wheel. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

774. Photo 1167(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(54)
Title:
Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to common people through the medium of entertainment. Each day during their residence in a village they will visit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

775. Photo 1182(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(10)
Title:
The Flowery Forest Monastery, Temple of the 500 Genii [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
Interior view, looking along the two rows of images.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

776. Photo 1182(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(11)
Title:
The Three Pure Ones. Buddhas—past, present and future. Kwang-hau Temple A. D. 250 [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the altars, with the three Buddha images behind.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

777. Photo 1183(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(57)
Title:
Interior, Chinese church, Sumatra. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view looking towards the altar, of the kelenteng or Chinese temple, known by the name of See Him Kiong, at Padang, Sumatra. Identification of location from Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photographers Java' (KITLV Press, Leiden, 1994), where this p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

778. Photo 1188(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(84)
Title:
Sacred to the 'Son of Heaven'—grand throne in the Emperor's Palace, Forbidden City, Peking, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Interior view of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

779. Photo 1192(183)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(183)
Title:
Trimal Naik's Palace, Madura. Photographer: Clifton and Company
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, undivided back. Interior of pillared hall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

780. Photo 1281(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(13)
Title:
Ethel [Sassoon] in the drawing room, 8 Middleton St., Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View across the drawing room, with Ethel Sassoon, wife of Ralph Moise Sassoon, seated on a sofa at the far end. 8 Middleton Street was the Calcutta residence of the Sassoon family.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item