negative (polymer film)(black and white)
- Museum number
- 2015,OA+.242
- Description
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Negative (black and white); A crowd of people in Gyantse bazaar. Traders can be seen lined up against a wall with their goods displayed on cloths on the ground. The walls of Gyantse monastery and many of its buildings can be seen in the background. The large wall over which a large tapestry would be displayed is seen on the hillside in the top right corner of the image. A man carrying bundles of incense, seen also in BMH.C.80.1 can be seen in the left of the frame. Women wearing the large, hooped head-dresses typical of the Gyantse region can be seen standing against the wall in the centre left of the image. Tibet.
Photographic process
- Production date
- 1927-1928 (June 1927-July 1927?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 85 millimetres
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Width: 109 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990-1995
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2015,OA+.242
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BMH.C.81.1 (Pitt Rivers website number)