IDNO

P.96974.WIL

Description

The three chorten reliquary monuments (mchod rten) which mark the Western Gateway of Lhasa, with the central reliquary monument, called the Pargo Kaling entrance gate acts as the true gateway one could pass through.
The river Kyichu in the foreground. [JD 30/5/2008]

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(58-135 where taken in Lhasa.)
70. “Chortens at entrance to Lhasa from West 25.8.33”
A group of three chortens (see GTH: chortens) which served as the western gateway to Lhasa.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Lhasa; Pargo Kaling; Kyichu River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

25 August 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Kyichu is the river that flows around Lhasa. [JD 30/5/2008]

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]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 30/5/2008]