Period:Unknown Production date:22 August 1936
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Subjects:equestrian
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; The British Mission party on a path flooded by the Kyichu river near Nyethang. The path is following the Kyichu river on the route from Gangtok to Lhasa. Water from the flooded river is flowing onto the path forcing the caravan to walk very close to the rock face on the left. Developing storm clouds can be seen in the distance. The last horseman in the group is wearing a distinctive tie-dye textile and fur coat or chuba, which was typical of those worn by Sikkimese attendants and grooms or syce on the British Mission. More than fifty horses and ponies accompanied the mission to Lhasa in 1936. The British Mission members are being led on horseback by assistants. A mantra or religious recitation has been inscribed on rock face on left of image
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![图片[1]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.233-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00577940_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.233-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00043306_001.jpg)
Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Subjects:equestrian
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; The British Mission party on a path flooded by the Kyichu river near Nyethang. The path is following the Kyichu river on the route from Gangtok to Lhasa. Water from the flooded river is flowing onto the path forcing the caravan to walk very close to the rock face on the left. Developing storm clouds can be seen in the distance. The last horseman in the group is wearing a distinctive tie-dye textile and fur coat or chuba, which was typical of those worn by Sikkimese attendants and grooms or syce on the British Mission. More than fifty horses and ponies accompanied the mission to Lhasa in 1936. The British Mission members are being led on horseback by assistants. A mantra or religious recitation has been inscribed on rock face on left of image
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Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
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