IDNO

N.100773.WIL

Description

Five men and a woman beside a shot leopard and goral (goat-antelope, Nemorhaedus goral, native to the mountainous regions of northern India) in dense bush. Included in the group are, from left to right, Samdup, Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Balkrishna, Maharaja of Sikkim, Maharani of Sikkim, and Lugi squatting down showing off the head of the leopard. [JD 21/4/2008]

In sequence with N.100772.WIL, different pose.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Mamring

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Samdup; Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji; Balkrishna; Maharaja of Sikkim; Maharani of Sikkim; Lugi

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Williamson, Frederick

Date

21 March 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 22/1/2008]