negative (polymer film)(black and white) BM-2015-OA+.163

Period:Unknown Production date:19.03.1927 (?)
Materials:plastic
Technique:photographic process
Subjects:religious building
Dimensions:Height: 85 millimetres Width: 102 millimetres

Description:
Negative (black and white); Men and women can here be seen turning prayer wheels at one of Gyantse’s greatest religious sites, the Kumbum, the distinctive walls can be seen rising in the background of the image. The two women in the foreground and centre are wearing relatively elaborate jewellery and head-dresses decorated with pearls and corals in the hooped style of the Gyantse region. Tibet. Photographic process
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图片[1]-negative (polymer film)(black and white) BM-2015-OA+.163-China Archive

Comments:This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson’s Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
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