IDNO

P.87161.WIL

Description

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Chumbi Valley; Yadong [Yatung; Dromo]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

10 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print now numbered P.87159.WIL (A.128.WIL) was not numbered and included into Cech’s list. However, as the image is found in a gap between numbers 35 and 37, it is assumed that it should have been allocated the number 36. The subject of the image is the same as the previous print.

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]

Place: Yatung, contemporary spelling of Yadong, is also Known as Dromo in Tibetan. The site for one of the three trade agencies set up the British in Tibet, the others being Gyantse and Gartok. A trading town in Chumbi valley, Yatung was chosen for its strategic location in southern Tibet. [Source: PRM’s Tibet Albums, www.tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/glossary.php, JD 19/1/2007]

Place: The entry previously recorded place as “India; Sikkim; Yatung” but research shows that Yatung is in the Chumbi Valley region of Tibet. The record has been amended accordingly. [JD 19/1/2007]