IDNO

P.97785.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.)
16. “Dodo, Tobgye’s servant 22.4.31”
See WW: Tobgye
Seen wearing traditional Bhutanese male attire (ko).” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Dodo (or Do-do); Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

22 April 1931

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Clothing: The male attire is commonly known as gho. This single long piece of cloth is tied by a belt around the waist. The folded cuffs are known as tego and are always white. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

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]