IDNO

N.130650.WIL

Description

Three men, including Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji on the right, each paddling a small boat in a pool made by Raja Tobgye next to the guest cottage below the Haa Dzong. [Knowledge shared by Royal Grandmother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choeden, and her sister Ashi Tashi, through the identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Haa Valley; Haa Dzong

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

17 September 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.130635.WIL - N.130670.WIL were found on Margaret Williamson's film, ref MW.44, in a Spencer & Co. box now numbered C902/7.

Named Person: Extreme right: Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji (other two are unknown). [Knowledge shared by Royal Grandmother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choeden, and her sister Ashi Tashi, who just turned 100. Both sisters are in many of these photographs, and were delighted to see them. Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]

Place: Haa Valley. Boating in a pool made by Raja Tobgye next to the guest cottage below the Haa Dzong. [Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]