Search

032-003183379

51. 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

52. Photo 1167(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(43)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: the bridegroom garlanded with necklaces of rupees on the second night of his wedding. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The bridegroom garlanded with necklaces of rupees on the second night of his wedding. Traditionally, some time after the first son gets married, he is given all the land and the family house. His father and mother eventually retire to another house or to an annexe o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 1167(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(57)
Title:
Buchen Pema Namgyal performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony at Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Buchen Pema Namgyal performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony at Lara. Lugsi is an argumentative, cocky and obstreperous character who continually challenges the head Buchen, jokes and flirts with the audience and punctuates his performance with scatological co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 1167(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(71)
Title:
Buchen Sangey Getuk performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Buchen Sangey Getuk performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung. Sangey Getuk is an onba, the member of the Buchen troupe whose role is to joke, tease, amuse and outrage the audience. Lugsi is an argumentative, cocky and obstreper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 1167(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(4)
Title:
Young monk on the roof of Key Monastery, with solar panel. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A young monk on the roof of Key Monastery. Solar power is an ideal technology in this high altitude desert and is subsidised by the Himachal Pradesh state government. Many houses have solar powered lamps and some schools have solar powered cookers' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 1167(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(28)
Title:
Masked monks circumambulating Key Monastery, Spiti, at the end of the cham festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Masked monks circumambulating Key Monastery at the end of the cham, the annual monastic dance festival. The gods have come down to earth and villagers lie prostrate hoping to come under the protective power of the deities stepping over them' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 1167(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(53)
Title:
Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara. Chettan Dorje is reading and reciting from Tibetan scripts, Pema Namgyal is turning a prayer wheel. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 1167(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(70)
Title:
Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung. He is invoking the local demons in order to trap them in a block of stone. Once trapped the stone was laid on the belly of the owner of the house then smashed with a boulder' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 1167(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(7)
Title:
Monks preparing food in the kitchen of Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks in the kitchen of Key Monastery preparing food for the monastic community. A large cauldron of cricket ball-sized lumps of pak, a mixture of tsampa (roast barley flour), black tea and butter will be distributed along with rations of Tibetan tea' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1993
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 1167(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(15)
Title:
Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang, Spiti, with satellite dish in foreground. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang. Houses are constructed from dried mud which softens rapidly when exposed to water. Spiti is a desert landscape where it rarely rains, but changing weather conditions threaten houses and monasteries alike. Most houses now have digital s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item