IDNO

P.97366.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 88-102 were taken in Sa-skya)
88. “A Monk official and Sais receiving us near Sakya, 27.6.34”
See gi: Sakya
The monk official is riding a mule and wearing a ‘summer’ hat; the sais is on a pony dressed in a leopard-trimmed chuba.
“... the representatives of the [Sakya Trinzin]. These consisted of a monk official in a gold papier mache hat accompanied by a fine-looking syce wearing a decorative soksha (a Mongolian hat worn by secretaries and other assistants to high officials and dignitaries), colossal earrings studied with turquoises and a black chuba bound firmly around the waist with a red sash; a piece of leopard skin and two embossed silver plaques hung on each side.” MPOW: 150.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Sakya [Sa-skya]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

27 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]