IDNO

P.97781.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 12 - 30 were taken the month that FW took up his new post as Acting Political Officer in Sikkim.)
12. “At the Palace Gangtok. Maharaja, Rinpoche, Maharani and Children 22.4.31”
See WW: Maharaja of Sikkim, Maharani of Sikkim, Sikkim Rimpoche.
See GI: Gangtok
The Maharaja is wearing a long Sikkimese gown (ko, more generally known as bokku (Nepali)). The Maharani is wearing the striped apron of a married woman. The Rimpoche is holding a gser-zhwa hat reserved for incarnate monks.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Gangtok

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

His Highness Sri Panch Maharaja Sir Tashi Namgyal, Maharaja Chogyal of Sikkim; Rimpoche; Maharani Kunzang Dechen Tshomo Namgyal

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

22 April 1931

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]