IDNO

N.130708.WIL

Description

Peggy Williamson, Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji and a young boy sitting at a table set with a chequered tablecloth, tea? pots and cups. In the background is a gateway and hedge and wooden rail fence and probably at the temporary camp set up for sports during Williamsons’ second to Bhutan. [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 25/10/2022]

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Haa [Ha]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Peggy Williamson; Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji; Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji

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, Peggy Williamson, Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji." [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, temporary camp. [Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]

Publication: Image published in MAA's Digital Lab blog 'A Ceremonial Cup of Tea', 20 June 2023, and captioned: "Figures 3 and 4. Left – Margaret Williamson having tea with Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, his wife Rani Choni Wangmo Dorji, and a young boy, probably at a temporary camp set up for sports during the Williamsons’ second visit to Bhutan. Photographed by Frederick Williamson in September 1934. MAA N.130708.WIL. Donated by Margaret Williamson. Williamson Collection." [Source: https://www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2023/06/20/a-ceremonial-cup-of-tea/, JD 10/07/2023]