IDNO

N.130705.WIL

Description

Group portrait of, from "left to right, Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji, Adhum (her attendant next to her), Raja Sonam Tobgye" standing on a bridge at Haa Valley. Behind them are further members on the entourage, and on the path in the background, men leading horses. [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 [Ha]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

?September 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.130703.WIL - N.130740.WIL were found on Margaret Williamson's film, ref MW.46, in a Spencer & Co. box now numbered C902/7.

Named Person: From "left to right, Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji, Adhum (her attendant next to her), Raja Sonam Tobgye." [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]