IDNO

P.97618.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 1-5 are a continuation of the series IV: 231-247, “Bhutan comes to Calcutta”.)
4. “At the Calcutta Races, December 1934”
4a. Sir John Anderson, Maharani of Cooch Behar, Peggy, (Statesman photo).
MPOW: 178.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Kolkata [Calcutta]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Sir John Anderson; Maharani of Cooch Behar; Margaret Williamson (Peggy); Maharani of Bhutan

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

December 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Named Person: The queen of Bhutan Ashi Phuntsho Choden is wearing kira and here uzham (crown) during the Calcutta races December 1934. Her uzham is made from fine brocade. She is also wearing a dong-kheb which is still used by the Bhutanese people from Bumthang. Dong-kheb is hand woven woolen piece of cloth which is used in front of the kira. [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]

A reproduction of this image was displayed in Collected Sights in the section Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim with the descriptive label: “Informal photograph at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club with (l-r) Sir John Anderson (the Governor of Bengal), the Maharani of Cooch Behar, an unidentified woman, Margaret Williamson and the Maharani of Bhutan. The photograph was published in the Calcutta edition of The Statesman newspaper.” [Alex Nadin 09/12/02]