1. Photo 1043(363)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1043(363)
- Title:
- The skeleton dancers around the 'corpse' [Tse Gutor ceremony, Potala, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
- Scope & Content:
- 'When the last of these pairs has retired the crowd suddenly begins to whistle. This is the traditional reception for the skeleton dance. Four skeleton dancers with two attendant death's heads appear on the stairs mopping and mowing and scattering ashes to right and left from their clattering bo...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 10 Feb 1937
- Extent:
- 1 item