IDNO

P.96368.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 136-206 were taken in and around Gangtok).
197a/b. “A Gurung coolie 15.10.31”
Carrying a wicker basket.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; ?Sosing [Kyosing]

Cultural Affliation

Gurung

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

15 October 1931

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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: Williamson’s other photographs dated 15th October 1935 are annotated as being taken in Kyosing, Sikkim. This location has been added to this record. [JD 19/1/2007]

Group: Gurung is an ethnic group of Central region of Nepal, with some groups living in Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma]. [Source: Ethnologue Online 15th Edition, JD 19/1/2007]