IDNO

P.97021.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(58-135 where taken in Lhasa.)
101. “Officers [at Trap-chi]” 30.8.33. Yutok Depon, Jigme De-tsap, Cham-je2 [sic]
See ww: Yutok, Jigme, Cham-je” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Three officers (from left to right: Yutok Depon (the leader of the regiment), Jigme De-tsap (the second-in-command), and Cham-je) of the Trapchi regiment wearing their new, British inspired, depön (Generals) uniforms consisting of khaki tunics, riding breeches and field boots. Both Yutok Depon and Jigme De-tsap wear the official earring in the left ear as they are both from noble families.

In the background, and in darker uniforms, stand a group of soldiers of the same regiment.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Yutok Depon; Jigme De-tsap (?Jigme Taring); Cham-je

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

30 August 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Transcription: 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]

Biographical Information: For further information on Jigme Taring see the Biographies File. [CJ 22/8/2008]

Biographical Information: For further information on Yuthok see the Biographies File. [CJ 22/8/2008]

Named Person: Although the central officer’s name was recorded as ‘Jigme De-tsap’, by comparison with other photos it can be seen that he is Jigme Taring. No other record of the name ‘Jigme De-tsap’ can be found.

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