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Photo 20(30)

Record Id:

040-003040758

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003040728

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100035590271.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100144469230.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 20(30)

Title:

Lamas' quarters—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

View looking across a paved courtyard towards two sides of the two-storeyed wooden building. The caption as given appears to be incorrect. The photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 446), with the following caption: 'Interior of Sir Ugyen's house at Byagha, with groups of weaving women: on right upper storey are the weaving rooms'. This identification is strengthened by a further description in the body of the article: '...Sir Ugyen took me all over his house. On the east front, occupying the whole width of the building, was a long, well-ventilated factory, where many girls were busy weaving silk and cotton fabrics, chiefly the former. The silk was in the main tussar, obtained from Assam and the northern hills. It was altogether a very charming and home-like dwelling, and evidently managed by an excellent and capable housewife in his eldest daughter, who lives with him and superintends his household' (pp.427-28). Possibly the lower floor was occupied by monks. See also print 26, similarly miscaptioned. A duplicate of this print at Photo 613 (23) confirms the location as 'Tongsa' House at Byagha'.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003040728
040-003040758

Is part of:

Photo 20 : 'Bhutan. Photographs taken by J. C. White Esq., C.I.E. during his mission in that country in 1905.' Photographer(s): White, John…

Photo 20(30) : Lamas' quarters—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude

Hierarchy:

032-003040728[0035]/040-003040758

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

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Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1905

End Date:

1905

Date Range:

1905

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