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41. Photo 1167(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(55)
Title:
A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire, Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire. During the play the Elephant will dance to the sound of cymbals and chanting, leaping and thrashing around wildly. Before Buddha’s birth his mother dreamed of a white elepha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

42. 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

43. Photo 1167(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(62)
Title:
Young monks sweeping away rainwater in preparation for the annual dance festival (cham) at Key monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 1167(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(22)
Title:
Monks distributing offering blessed by the Dalai Lama at Kalachakra Initiation, Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks distributing offerings that have been blessed by the Dalai Lama at the 1996 Kalachakra Initiation at Tabo Monastery. The first monk is filling palms with sweets, raisins, nuts and broken biscuits, the second monk is playfully controlling the overzealous throng with thwacks from a stick' (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1996
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 1167(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(44)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: the bridegroom's party waiting to escort the new bride around Kibber. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The bridegroom's party waiting to escort the new bride around Kibber. She will be taken to the village temple and to the houses of her new relatives, given food and entertained. Kibber is known to have the best antique costumes in Spiti, fabulously embroidered broca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 1167(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(60)
Title:
Three monks from Key monastery, Spiti, walking towards a roadside shrine at Rongtong, where they will perform a small religious ceremony. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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