IDNO

P.96515.WIL

Description

Five men and a woman beside a shot leopard and goral (goat-antelope, Nemorhaedus goral, native to the mountainous regions of northern India) in dense bush. Included in the group are, from left to right, Samdup, Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Balkrishna, Maharaja of Sikkim, Maharani of Sikkim, and Lugi squatting down showing off the head of the leopard. [JD 21/4/2008]

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 1-30 were taken in and around Gangtok).
7. “At Mamring 21.3.33 Samdup, Tobgye, Balkrishna, Maharaja, Maharani, Lugi”
See gi: Sanko-khola
See ww: Samdup, Tobgye, Balkrishna, Maharaja of Sikkim, Maharani of Sikkim, Lugi
Goral and leopard shoot.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Rangpo; Mamring [Rungpo]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Samdup; Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji; Balkrishna; Maharaja of Sikkim; Maharani of Sikkim; Lugi

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

21 March 1933

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]