Photographs of Tibet
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Saker, Richard Kenneth, 1908-1979
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- Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet
- Extent
- 291 Negatives (photographic) (black-and-white)
- 395 Photographic prints (black-and-white hand-colored)
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Contains photographs of Gyantse and New Year festivities (Losar) in Lhasa, Tibet. Chaam dancers are also photographed in courtyard. Other images include a 1943 trek into Western Tibet including scenery and peoples encountered such as nomadic groups and Indian traders as well as some miscellaneous photographs of Saker and his wife.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633057262951-1633057262957-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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