Black and white photograph of monks carrying parasols, billowing in wind, at base of hilltop palace

Monks on the “Golden Procession”

Location
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Date
ca. 1936–1950

Creator
Hugh Richardson (British, 1905–2000)

Material
negative film nitrate

Dimensions
2 1/6 x 3 1/3 in. (55 x 85 mm)

Collection
Pitt Rivers Museum; PRM 2001.59.9.38.1

Photo Credit
Hugh Richardson (British, 1905–2000); image © Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2001.59.9.38.1. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

Link
http://photographs.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/2001_59_9_38_1.html

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