IDNO

P.97497.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 173-205 are a record of the Williamsons’ second Bhutanese visit with 12 days spent at HA as the guests of TOBGYE where they engaged in holiday pursuits: e.g. archery, watching football and boxing, hunting.)
183. “Panorama of Ha valley from Paro Road, 18.9.34 (Peggy)”
Good photo showing the dzong (L), a cantilever bridge crossing the river and the guest house (R).” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

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

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Haa [Ha]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

19 September 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Haa lies along the western border of Bhutan. To the north it is bounded by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The Indian Army maintains a military base in the valley. Haa's major feature is the beautiful Haa Valley, a steep north-south valley with a narrow floor. The main crops grown in the valley are wheat and barley, although some rice is grown in the lower reaches of the valley. [Dawa Dem 23/9/2008]

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]