IDNO

N.100857.WIL

Description

A Tibetan trade agent at Yatung, wearing the top-knot and earring which are hallmarks of Tibetan officialdom.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Chumbi Valley; Yadong [Yatung; Dromo]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Williamson, Frederick

Date

3 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Other Numbers: Williamson’s reference of film roll number 40 and individual frame number 13.

Place: Yatung, contemporary spelling of Yadong, is also Known as Dromo in Tibetan. The site for one of the three trade agencies set up the British in Tibet, the others being Gyantse and Gartok. A trading town in Chumbi valley, Yatung was chosen for its strategic location in southern Tibet. [Source: PRM’s Tibet Albums, www.tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/glossary.php, JD 19/1/2007]

Place: The entry previously recorded place as “India; Sikkim; Yatung” but research shows that Yatung is in the Chumbi Valley region of Tibet. The record has been amended accordingly. [JD 19/1/2007]

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