IDNO

P.96785.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 97-106 were taken en route for Bumthang MPOW: 75)
104a/b. “Our escort receiving us on the Kyi Kyi La (11,600’) 11.7.33”
See gi: Kyi Kyi La
This was the escort sent by the Maharaja of Bhutan comprising 30 soldiers, two dancers and a band. “... we were met three miles from Bumthang by the Maharaja’s eldest brother, Dasho Nako, a pleasent lad of fifteen who had brought with hima contingent of about thirty soldiers in medieval steel helmets, together with two dancers and a band.” (MPOW: 75). The dancers and the musicians are probably the “bang-nga-ting-ting” described in 70h above.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Bumthang; Kyikyi La [Kyi Kyi La]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

11 July 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]