IDNO

P.97426.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 115-120 were taken at Tashilhunpo monastery)
119. “Scenes at Tashilhunpo Monastery, 4.7.34”
For a description of the Williamsons’ visit to Tashilhunpo see MPOW: 158, 160-162
119o. “The monks’ tea-pots 4.7.34”. We also inspected the great kitchens in which the tea was made. Seven gigantic cauldrons were being boiled over roaring fires. They were emptied four times a day, every monk receiving two cups at each serving, for which the sixty copper kettles we saw in the passageway were used.” MPOW: 161)” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Shigatse Region; Tashilhunpo

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

4 July 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]