IDNO

P.96521.WIL

Description

Five men standing or sitting on the front steps of the Nepalese officer’s, Moti Chand, house at Turuk. The house is a large two-storey building with bay windows, decorative woodwork on the eaves, and vegetation growing over the upper balconies.

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).
12. “Motichand’s house, Turuk 23.3.33”
See ww: Motichand
See gi: Turuk
Another Nepalese official?.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Turuk

Cultural Affliation

Nepalese

Named Person

Moti Chand

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

23 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]