IDNO

P.97139.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(169-180 are all mountain views)
175. “Taktsang nunnery nuns, 8.11.33”
See gi: Taktsang nunnery” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Taktsang

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

8 November 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Althought this picture says nuns at Taktsang Nunnery in Bhutan, it is not in Bhutan, becasue in Bhutan we do have a place called Taktsang ( Tigers’ nest) in Paro, but there is no nunnery there. The dress of the nuns are also not bhutanese confirming they are nuns from Tibet. The field has been amended accordingly [Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]

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]