Period:Unknown Production date:22 August 1936
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; A coracle made of yak hide stretched over a willow frame is seen crossing the Tsangpo River at Nyapso La. Each boat would be made of six yak hides and would be about 8 ft long. Two boats would be strapped together to provide stability and would be allowed to float down river until reaching the other bank. During the winter the river would be crossed by flat-bottomed ferry at Chushul, but during the summer the river was too high and had to be crossed at this point in coracles. There is a pony swimming to the right of the coracle and a group of people and another coracle can be seen in the foreground. Two more coracles are being carried on the other side of the river in the background. These probably contained the supplies and Mission members of the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936-37 under Sir Basil Gould. A settlement can be seen in the distance.
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![图片[1]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.234-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00577939_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.234-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
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; A coracle made of yak hide stretched over a willow frame is seen crossing the Tsangpo River at Nyapso La. Each boat would be made of six yak hides and would be about 8 ft long. Two boats would be strapped together to provide stability and would be allowed to float down river until reaching the other bank. During the winter the river would be crossed by flat-bottomed ferry at Chushul, but during the summer the river was too high and had to be crossed at this point in coracles. There is a pony swimming to the right of the coracle and a group of people and another coracle can be seen in the foreground. Two more coracles are being carried on the other side of the river in the background. These probably contained the supplies and Mission members of the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936-37 under Sir Basil Gould. A settlement can be seen in the distance.
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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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