IDNO

N.130661.WIL

Description

Raja Sonam Tobgye, on the left in white dress, and Samdrup, the Williamsons’ attendant, with a group of Bhutanese children at Haa. [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; Samdrup

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: Raja Sonam Tobgye is on the left in white dress, next to him is Samdrup, the Williamsons’ attendant. [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. [Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]