IDNO

P.96797.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 107-132 were taken in and around Bumthang Mpow: 75-77)
110. “Archery at Bumthang 12.7.33”
110a. “Maharaja, Peggy, Maharani, Aji Wangmo, Tennant, Sherriff, Ludlow, Norbhu. 12.7.33”
See ww: Maharaja of Bhutan, Maharani of Bhutan, Aji Wangmo, Tennant, Sherriff, Ludlow, Norbhu, habbu, gyurme dorji, aji pedon.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Bumthang

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Maharaja of Bhutan; Margaret Williamson (Peggy); Maharani of Bhutan; Aji Wangmo; Captain David Tennant; George Sherriff; Frank Ludlow; Bahadur Norbhu Dhondup

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

12 July 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Context: The queen and Ashi Wangmo are seen in this picture with short hair . This is a typical tradition in Bhutan. The queen is also seen wearing a dong-khaeb which signifies that she is married. wearing dong-kheb is only popular or confined to Bumthang in Bhutan.

Named Person: Williamson refers to Maharani of Bhutan, Maharani is a hindi term for Queen. In Bhutan she would be called Ashi.

Named Person: Williamson refers to Aji Wangmo and Aji Pedon, the sisters of the second King of Bhutan. Aji is a common term used for Ashi (queen, and would also include princesses) in Bumthang, the region where the two sisters come from. [Dawa Dem 18/9/2008]

Named Person: Aji Wangmo is the younger sister of the second king of Bhutan. She later became a nun and devoted her whole life as a nun. [Dawa Dem 18/9/2008]

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]

On Frank Ludlow see archive reference:
Rank.M. 2003. Frank Ludlow and the English School in Tibet, 1923-1926. Asian Affairs, Vol 34, No.1 [Sudeshna Guha 20/11/2003]

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]