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Photo 1167(45)
- Record Id:
- 040-003183424
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003183379
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599951.0x0016ed
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(45)
- Title:
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Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: a member of a group of musicians sleeping below the head of a butchered yak after the first night of the wedding. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
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'A member of a group of musicians sleeping after the first night of a traditional wedding in Kibber. The musicians have been playing for nearly twenty four hours, working and sleeping in relays, and are exhausted and drunk. The head of a yak that was butchered for the wedding, is part of the traditional payment to these lower caste performers' (Patrick Sutherland).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003183379
040-003183424 - Is part of:
- Photo 1167 : Photographs of Spiti. Photographer: Patrick Sutherland
Photo 1167(45) : Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: a member of a group of musicians sleeping below the head of a butchered yak after the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003183379[0045]/040-003183424
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1167
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1998
- End Date:
- 1998
- Date Range:
- Oct 1998
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 279 mm x 188 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: None
- Former External References:
- SP.205.01
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Sutherland, Patrick
- Subjects:
- Manners and Customs
Musicians
Occupations
Rites and Ceremonies
Weddings - Places:
- Kibber, Kibar, Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himāchal Pradesh, India, Asia, South Asia