IDNO

P.96603.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 48-51 were taken at HA MPOW: 68-70)
51. “In the Ha valley” [photo taken by] (Sherriff)
See gi: Ha
51a/b. Examples of domestic architecture.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Haa [Ha]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Sherriff, George

Collector / Expedition

Date

June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Architecture: This is a typical Bhutanese farm house. Almost all the house will be three storied high. The house are all built with mud brick walls and have wooden shingle roof. The ground floor is normally used as the cattle shed , the first floor is where all the families live and the top floor is used as for drying the vegetable and cattle feed for the winter. Normally the ground floor has no window or very small window. All the village house will have their own small court yard in-front of the house. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

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]