IDNO

P.96891.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(1-18: Ludlow’s photos of Bhutan)
13. “Maharaja’s house, Bumthang 7.33”
See gi: Bumthang
This is Lame Gompa where the Maharaja’s half sister, Aji Pedon, lived.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Bumthang [Lame gonpa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Ludlow, Frank

Collector / Expedition

Date

July 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: the beautiful and magnificant lame gonpa was built by the first king of Bhutan and this became the home for Aji Peldon. Where she became a nun later
[Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]

Named Person: Williamson refers to Aji Wangmo 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 queen 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]