IDNO

LS.78993.NKC

Description

On list pasted inside lid of box C377/ the description relating to slide 35 mentions:
"Skeleton dance, Choni" [manuscript in ink]

Place

E Asia; Tibet; Jonê County; Chone [Choni]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw

Date

Collection Name

Chadwick Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.78959.NKC to LS.79001.NKC were found in wooden box now numbered C377/.

The list describing individual slides is pasted to the inside lid of the box C377/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Asia", but the slide is annotated as 'Choni'. Chone Monastery (Tibetan: Wylie: ; Chinese: Jonê; Pinyin: Zhuōní), also Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, or Choni Monastery was originally a Sakya monastery. It is situated adjacent to Chone Town, Jonê County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, at an altitude of about 2,610 m (8,563 ft). The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 26/06/2019]