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+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs

+ Ref. ID

2.20.14

Testha children. Caps & woollen rags & an amulet on the girl/boy in front.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs, Landscape

+ Ref. ID

2.20.16

Kurgiakh Valley. Testha child, chortens marking the path down from Kurgiakh village. Another path climbs up the hill

+ Region

Ladakh & Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

2.20.22

Testha village. Children with traditional caps. Note ragged cloak in which to carry little sister.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

2.20.26

Testha children in bonnets

+ Region

Ladakh & Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

2.20.28

Testha children.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

2.20.31

Testha children, girl in middle with necklace. Child asleep on sister’s back

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs

+ Ref. ID

2.20.32

Testha children. Ragged cloak in which to carry little brother & sister. Child with amulets in pouches on his / her back.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

2.20.4

Zanskar. Testha woman & children.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Customs

+ Ref. ID

2.20.5

Testha. Making a rope. Men in traditional woollen gowns. Chorten in background.

+ Region

Ladakh

+ Year

1974

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

2.23.37

Woman wearing traditional amber, coral, silver coin & turquoise jewellery. CN didn’t realise woman had only one eye until after she’d taken the photograph.

+ Region

Kullu Valley

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs

+ Ref. ID

3.4.16

Nagar mela, two women, wearing Kullui ‘patthu’ sitting on a ferris wheel.

+ Region

Kullu Valley

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs

+ Ref. ID

3.4.4A

Nagar mela. Girls wearing local ‘pattu’ riding on a hand driven ferris wheel.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

3.10.18

Duff Dunbar’s chaukidar & his wife sitting outside the byre. Mothercare chair behind

+ Region

Chamba

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs

+ Ref. ID

3.12.24A

Bandoli. Prem’s village. Buddhist women and children at Bandoli gompa.

+ Region

Saraj

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

3.14.6A

A village between Khanag and Kot. Showing the paved courtyard and ‘kilta’ and ‘kerai’. A woman in Saraji clothes, grass drying on veranda behind.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1981

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dunghri

+ Ref. ID

4.2.22

Dunghri Mela. Young Kullui girls in their festive ‘pattu’.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1981

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs, Dunghri

+ Ref. ID

4.2.26

Dunghri Mela. Two ‘gaurs’ (with uncut hair) talking. 2 young boys in smart local tweed jackets.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.7.10

Tyari. My hosts, handsome men posing with their hookahs on the veranda. They were telling me Gaddi legends & history.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.7.29

Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ carrying a sheep or goatskin sack of flour.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.7.30

Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in a ‘chola’ and carrying a goatskin sack of flour.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.7.7

Tyari, a flock owner on his veranda with hookah

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.8.10

Two men wearing ”chola ‘at rest stop on the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley, Spring migration North, June. Checked and striped blankets

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.8.11

On the way down from Jalsu Pass. Spring migration North. June. Woman setting down her pack beside another for rest stop. Note goat hair ropes and wooden hasps.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.8.8

Four women in ‘luanchari’ made with hand printed Rajasthani cloth. The child has a bonnet. Chatting and resting on a stone bench their way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley. Spring migration North. June.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.8.9

On the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Nayagraon. Spring migration North. June. Resting at Lakhna temple young boy and elderly shepherd who is fondling his sheep. Checked blankets and pack.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.26A

Lahaul, overnight camp below Kukti Pass, showing stout shoes and iron (?) ‘tawa’, cooking pots and blankets

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, migration, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.26a

Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds relaxing, wearing tweed caps, chola, and blankets. note cooking utensils and leather shoes.

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.28a

Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds smoking hookah, wearing tweed caps, ‘chola’, and ‘dora’. Checked blankets are drying on the wall of the dry-stone shelter. Note the dried cattle dung (for fuel) in the foreground.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.30A

Lahaul, Gaddi at camp above Kuldeo shrine. Below Kukti Pass. Autumn migration South. Shepherds camped before crossing the Pass. Showing tweed ‘chola’, hookah, checked blankets, stout leather shoes.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.11.27A

Tyari village. Woman wearing ‘dora’ and ‘luanchari’ of velvet bodice & hand printed Rajasthani cloth. ‘walijo’ (??) necklace and xxx pendant.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.12.22A

Budil Nala (above Bramour). Shepherds stop for a midday smoke from their hookah. They are wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.12.28A

On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. October/September. Boy and man, wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’, penning lambs with checked blankets before the flock goes out to graze.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.13A

Tyari village. School teacher’s wife in her best, wearing ‘luanchari’ with ‘hangli’ bodice, and ‘chidi’ on her forehead.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.15A

Tyari village. School teacher showing off the embroidery on his best ‘chola’

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.13.16A

Tyari village. September. Three men on stone bench smoking ‘biris’ and chatting. One is spinning on a ‘takli’. One wears a woollen hat and patched woollen clothes. There is a ball of wool on the bench.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.22A

Tyari village. My friend Sunni Devi wearing luanchari & ‘dora’, with children who don’t look very healthy.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.33

Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration – South. Lambs in the foreground. A shepherd in silhouette wearing ‘chola’ & ‘dora’ , carrying a bonneted child across his pack, and lambs in his front pouch.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.34A

Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. The man is carrying a pack and child (in velvet bonnet) across the pack, and lambs in his front pouch. Note strong leather shoes.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.12

Autumn migration South. Packing up before setting off, young shepherd sitting on wool sack. Similar to 4.14.13 in this one more packs with blankets, and goat’s hair rope.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.13

On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Young shepherd penning lambs before flock goes out to graze. Note wool sack, woollen blankets, and jacket, and the hookah.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.36A

Man, child and woman, with heavy packs, climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.36

Climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Man & woman with heavy packs and checked blankets. Woman wearing tucked up ‘luanchari’ of Rajasthani print cloth. Child walking

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1971

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs, Transport

+ Ref. ID

4.14.37

Gaddi man with a heavy pack and blankets, and two children coming up to the Jalsu Pass. Note: the Gaddis carry their children horizontally on their backs.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dhaba, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.4

Upper Ravi. Autumn migration South. Young shepherd carrying many lambs and kids. Another shepherd in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ behind. In the background a stone hotel ‘dhaba’ building.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dhaba

+ Ref. ID

4.14.5A

Upper Ravi Valley, Near Nayagraon. Autumn migration, September. Tea stop. Girl wearing luanchari, ‘dora’, hair jewellery called ‘ring’

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.8A

On the way up Ravi Valley. Autumn migration South. September-October. A flock of sheep and goats. Shepherd with woolsack, hookah. Wearing a ‘chola’. Woman on the right, has been or is about to rest her pack on the stone resting platform.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.18.10A

Holi village. Ravi Valley. Women in ‘luanchari’ waiting with their children outside a dispensary.

+ Region

Gaddi

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.18.18

Nayagraon village, Upper Ravi Valley. Two women dressed in their best for me to photograph them ‘luanchari’, ‘dora’, headdress, necklaces, and medallions with a mirror at the center. They are both wearing watches.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.18.23A

Nayagraon village, Upper Ravi Valley. Girls dressed for me to photograph them, cotton ‘luanchari’ with velvet bodice, ‘dora’, ‘cheri’ and other jewellery .

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.18.24A

Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley, girls dressed for me to photograph them, in cotton ‘luanchari’, with velvet bodice, ‘dora’,’cheri’ and other jewellery.
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