IDNO

P.97809.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“37. “At Kalimpong dak bungalow 25.5.31 Chuni, Tobgye, Bess”
See ww: Chuni, Tobgye, (Bess) toplis
Chuni seen wearing traditional Tibetan jewelry: amulet box (ga’u) necklace and strings of coral.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; West Bengal; Kalimpang [Bhutan; Kalimpong]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji; Bess Toplis; Chuni

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

25 May 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]