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Photo 1043(320)
- Record Id:
- 040-003165197
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003164877
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026374023.0x0001ce
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1043(320)
- Title:
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Soldiers in old-fashioned armour [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
- Scope & Content:
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Three members of the Zimchongpa (traditional Tibetan foot-soldiery) on the roof of the Jokhang at Lhasa. This photograph is also reproduced in Hugh Richardson, 'Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year' (London, 1993), p. 117. 'There was a strange ceremony on the Cathedral roof at dawn today. As this only happens once a year Chapman went to take photographs. Now that most of the officials have seen our films they take the presence of the 'camera man' as a matter of course...A number of men, dressed in ancient and somewhat dilapidated Tibetan armour and helmets, assembled in a line around the roof. One old warrior with drawn sword and uncouth cries led the war dance, while the rest sang and danced in chorus.' (Lhasa Mission Diary, 24 December 1936).
[Gelatin silver print, 111x152mm].
Subjects = military (general); Tibetan army
Location = Lhasa; Tibet
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003164877
040-003165197 - Is part of:
- Photo 1043 : Photographs Taken by the Lhasa Mission 1936-7. Photographer(s): Neame, Philip
Photo 1043(320) : Soldiers in old-fashioned armour [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick - Hierarchy:
- 032-003164877[0320]/040-003165197
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1043
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 24 Dec 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- C20 3
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Spencer-Chapman, Frederick, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1907-1971