IDNO

P.97368.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 88-102 were taken in Sa-skya)
90a. “Panorama of Sakya town from the south, 28.6.34
“... Sakya itself swung into view. The first glimpse I caught was a number of chortens and then a large, low building, very squarely built and slate-grey in colour except for a band of red around the tops of its walls. This was the principal temple on the south side of the shallow and narrow Yarlung river; it was known as the Hlo chode Ihakhang. The town itself extended up the hillside on the opposite bank of the river. It housed perhaps 3, 000 or 4, 000 people.” MPOW: 150.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Physical Condition: This is a panorama made up of three prints pasted next to each other on the album page.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Sakya [Sa-skya]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

28 June 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Album 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]