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31. 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

32. Photo 1167(31)

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Photo 1167(31)
Title:
Geshe Sonam Ngodrup talks passionately about cultural genocide and religious suppression in Tibet, at Losar, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Geshe Sonam Ngodrup talks passionately about the cultural genocide, suppression of religion and destruction in Tibet and of the monastery in Tibet that he attended as a youth. Following the Chinese invasion he was imprisoned before escaping back to India. The long e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1167(32)

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Photo 1167(32)
Title:
Interior of a typical Spiti house at Losar. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Interior, with a man and a woman in the foreground: 'The interior of a typical Spiti house in Lossar. The ceilings of large rooms are supported with carved wooden pillars. Family members and guests congregate around a metal box stove, source of heat and cooked food' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1167(33)

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Photo 1167(33)
Title:
Tsewang Rigzin of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance, Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Tsewang Rigzin, meme (head) Buchen from the village of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance. During the dance he will leap on to the tips of swords placed under his belly, his armpits or in his mouth. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1167(34)

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Photo 1167(34)
Title:
Three Buchen praying in front of an altar at Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Three Buchen in the village of Sagnam, praying in front of an altar with Tibetan Thankas and a statue of Thangtong Gyalpo. This is part of a stone breaking ceremony, an ancient and elaborate exorcism ritual, first performed in central Tibet in the fifteenth century'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 1167(35)

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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

37. Photo 1167(36)

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Photo 1167(36)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A Spiti wedding in Kibber. The whole community is crammed into the village hall. All the families in the village and the guests have accepted gifts of food and alcohol and have returned to the village hall to offer money and ceremonial white scarves (katak) to the bride, the groom and their rel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1167(37)

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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

39. Photo 1167(38)

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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

40. Photo 1167(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(39)
Title:
Ngawang Kelsang entering a trance and skewering his cheek during a pingri, a boy's special birthday party at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Ngawang Kelsang entering a trance and skewering his cheek during a pingri, a boy's special birthday party in Kibber. In trance this medium is possessed by a village deity, who provides oracular hints about the child's future prospects, speaking through the medium in words translated by his ento...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item