IDNO

P.96548.WIL

Description

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).
21. “At Tumlong monastery 28. -29.3.33”
See gi: Tumlong
21o. “Head Lama and others, Tumlong” shows the head lama wearing a dwags-zhwa hat, the name of the hat coming from Dwags-po Iha-rje. According to the legend, Mi-la ras-pa made him a gift of one of his shoes, which out of pious respect he used as a head covering.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Tumlong

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

28 - 29 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]

Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 31/10/2012]