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1. Photo 1167(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(42)
Title:
Village elders, Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Village elders in Kibber. These men carry the knowledge of traditional community rituals, wedding songs and dances, and start the dancing at pingris and weddings parties. Their knowledge is transmitted orally from generation to generation' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1167(30)

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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

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(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(13)
Title:
A tantric healer treating a young child suffering from fits, Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Urgyen Dhargye, a nagpa (tantric practitioner), widely respected as a healer and exorcist, is treating a young child who is suffering from fits. He is blowing a mantra over the face of the child. Spiti has high infant mortality rates and tuberculosis is widespread. Villagers consult nagpas, ora...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. Photo 1167(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(58)
Title:
An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara. Bowls and buckets of barley that are brought as offerings and placed in front of the altar and statue of Thangtong Gyalpo are part of the villagers’ payment to the Buchen' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1167(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(35)
Title:
Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar. The social centre of every house is a metal box stove which burns dried dung' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1167(47)

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Photo 1167(47)
Title:
A pingri, or special birthday party for a boy in Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A pingri, a special birthday party for a boy in Kibber. This is a major social event in which the boy's family provides food for the whole village. The villagers in turn give the child large amounts of money and kataks, (ceremonial white scarves). The money will be banked on his behalf. This gi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1167(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(16)
Title:
An old man wrapped in blankets in Pangmo, Spiti, where winter temperatures can drop as low as -40°C. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

10. 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