IDNO

P.96623.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 53-75: in and around Paro MPOW: 70-73)
58. “Pinjo”
See ww: Pinjo
Holding a bow. The style of the weave of his “ko” is “horthar”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Paro

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Pinjo

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Clothing: This textile is made of hothra jalo which means, mongloian weaving with rainbow. The alternate weft stripes of golden yellow and off-white are embellished with stamped cruciform shapes in scarlet and dark blue. [Source: Land of the Thunder Dragon, Textile Arts of Bhutan, Diana Myers and Susan Bean, Serindia Publications, London,1994, Dawa Dem 16/9/2008]

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]

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]