IDNO

P.97013.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(58-135 where taken in Lhasa.)
100. The new regiment at Trap-chi 30.8.33”
100b. “Troops”
MPOW: 124-5” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

A double row of troops of the Trapchi regiment. The troops standing on the left carry trumpets whilst the others all carry rifles. Three officers stand in front and a soldier directly behind them holds a flag aloft. Behind the troops are single story buildings.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Lhasa; Trapshi [Trapchi; Trapje]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

30 August 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]

Place: Trapchi was located roughly three miles north of Lhasa and contained a military barracks, a weapons storage area, and a factory run on electric power generated at Dote, some six miles away. [Source: Memoirs of a Political Officer’s Wife in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan by Margaret D. Williamson, Wisdom Publications, 1987. CJ 22/8/2008]

Clothing: Depön (Generals) uniforms ... were inspired by British models and included khaki tunics, riding breeches and field boots. [Source: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.501.html, CJ 22/8/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Caspian James 22/8/2008]