IDNO

P.96642.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)
65e. “A door-way, Drukgye 25.6.33”. A group of two adult men and children. The child on the left is seen wearing a “ko” of “horthar gyalwo” weave.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Paro [Druk-gye dzong]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

25 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Context: A group with two adult men and children are seen infront of the wooden door with stone slab staircase. The girl is wearing a Hothar gyalwo kira (Williamson: not a gho as mentioned ) This textile is made of hothra jalo which means, mongloian weaving with rainbow. The alternate weft stripes of golden yeallow and off-white are smbellished with stamped cruciform shapes in scarlet and darkblue. [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]