IDNO

P.97361.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 62-87 were taken on route for Sa-skya)
84. “Shong village and monastery 13200’, 26.6.34”
84a. Taken from a distance.
See gi: Shong” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Sakya; Shong [Sa-skya]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

26 June 1934

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: “Sa-skya-pa - Tibetan Buddhist sect that takes its name from the great Sa-skya (Sakya) monastery founded in 1073, 50 miles (80 km) north of Mount Everest. The sect follows the teachings of the noted traveler and scholar 'Brog-mi (992-1072). He translated into Tibetan the important Tantric work Hevajra Tantra, which remains one of the basic texts of the order”. [Source: http://concise.britannica.com, [JD 12/1/2007]