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Photo 1112/2(269)
- Record Id:
- 041-003174780
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003174063
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x00044a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1112/2(269)
- Title:
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The scapegoat at Gyantse who carries away all misfortune at the beginning of the sowing season. He is clad in sheep's entrails and holds its heart in his hand. After the ceremony he is driven down the hill-side. Photographer: Macdonald, David
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length standing portrait. A similar photograph of the same figure is reproduced in Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), p. 71: 'At Gyantse the counterpart of the Lugong Gyalpo is a strange figure, half-naked with sheep's intestines around his neck, a sheep's stomach over his head like a mask, and an exaggerated phallus below his waist. He is called Pawo Rolu, the hero corpse ransom.' This portrait by Macdonald was reproduced in his Land of the Lamas. This figure takes part in the Demon Ransom King Offering Ceremony, described by Richardson, pp. 61-71, who questions the scapegoat function of this figure.
Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies
Location = Gyantse; Tibet
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003174063
040-003174502
041-003174780 - Is part of:
- Photo 1112 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/2 : Bell Collection (Mss Eur F 80/283): Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim ('Q' series). Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/2(269) : The scapegoat at Gyantse who carries away all misfortune at the beginning of the sowing season. He is clad in sheep's entrails… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003174063[0002]/040-003174502[0278]/041-003174780
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1112
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- c 1910-1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Gyantse, Lugon of
Macdonald, David - Places:
- Gyangtse, Gyangze, Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia