
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Frederick Spencer Chapman, in the centre of the image, takes a photograph of an official at the ceremony to mark the return of the Reting Rinpoche to Lhasa. A Sikkimese orderly holds his camera case while a crowd of monks and other onlookers gather
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2001.35.176.1
Format
Film negative
Country
Tibet
Region
Lhasa Area.
Photographer
Evan Yorke Nepean
Date
November 23rd 1936
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