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1. Photo 1167(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(30)
Title:
Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza. Metalled roads are being constructed all over the valley. They require regular maintenance to repair damage caused by the extreme climate in Spiti. The workers, mainly young women, shatter stones into small pieces which they mix with hot tar in trays and t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1167(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(14)
Title:
Farmer loading his donkey with pea seeds in Morang. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'A farmer loads up his donkeys with pea seeds in Morang. Fresh garden peas are an important cash crop in Spiti and fetch high prices in Delhi, provided they can be transported to the urban markets soon after harvesting' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1167(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(12)
Title:
Tibetan refugee and child selling Chinese plimsolls at the Gungri Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'A Tibetan refugee and child selling Chinese plimsolls at the Gungri Monastery Cham. This annual dance festival attracts large numbers of local devotees, peddlers and increasing numbers of tourists' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1167(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(21)
Title:
Photographer and monks at the Kalachkra Initiation, Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A photographer and monks at the 1996 Kalachakra Initiation at Tabo Monastery. During the ten day festival, the Dalai Lama delivered a wide range of Buddhist teachings from the simplest and most down to earth to the most elaborate and transformative' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1996
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. Photo 1167(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(27)
Title:
Monks at Key Monastery, Spiti, rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks at Key Monastery rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival, an elaborate two-day rite of purification. Monks dressed in ancient brocade costumes and huge, often grotesque, wooden or papier maché masks enact events from the history of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the stages of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1167(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(20)
Title:
Treading earth to form the walls of a new house at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'In Kibber, a man treads moist earth to form the walls of his new house. In the background women return from working the fields. The earth has been dug from the hillside and then sieved and mixed with water from a nearby stream. It seems as much a reshaping of the landscape as a process of build...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

8. 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