IDNO

DG.144902.SHP

Description

"'Twister'. Archie Jack's dog, had rheumatism and welcomed a ride across the Tuna Plain, lead [sic led] by Khan Gul.
16 August '38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Chumbi Valley Region; Tuna Plain

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Archie Jack; Twister; Khan Gul

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Jack, Archibald (Archie) Frederick Maclean (Leuit., R.E.)

Date

16 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.18,
"16 August 1938 Sited Younghusband’s photo of Tuna, and Twister coursed hares. Left about 0800 for Dochen. Saw 1904 battlefield S. of Goru and Sanguro on hills west of spring (100,000 galls./hr?) and remains of block house on road. Dochen some cultivation about 2 acres and lots of water from Rham Tso. Many hares. No grazing en route." [JD 26/01/2020]

Named Person: 'Twister', the Jack Russel dog returned to India with Ben Shepheard, where he was stationed during WWII. [Information from Patricia Shepheard Rogers, JD 16/9/2019]