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Subject Buddhist Nuns

1. Neg 1112/7(707)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(707)
Title:
Village Leng-tu. Chahar Mongol woman, a nun. Many nuns wear this kind of hat. Holds a riding whip in her hand. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of an elderly woman, wearing a conical hat. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 430/53(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/53(9)
Title:
Tibetan nuns [Tatsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of nuns at Tatsang. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (8), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'This was taken at the Nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1903
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1084, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(8)
Title:
Group of Nuns [Ta-tsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Seated group of nuns: 'This was taken at the nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is to be seen. Our visit was a red letter day to the women, as none of them had ever seen a white man before. The wigs are made ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1167(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(1)
Title:
Young nuns studying religious texts at Pangmo Convent, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Showing two young nuns studying texts, while seated among coils of piping, with a group of nuns watching from the steps above: 'Young nuns studying religious texts at Pangmo Convent, a new monastery built with funds raised by an American Buddhist nun. The plastic piping now brings water to the n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

5. 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