IDNO

N.130663.WIL

Description

View of Rani Choni Wangmo kneeling, paddling a small dugout boat in the Haa Valley river. In the background is a European man standing poling a boat, and three men, possibly servants?, stand on the river bank. [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

Rani Choni Wangmo

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: Rani Choni Wangmo boating in the Haa Valley. [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. 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]