Zanskar. Testha girls in gowns & caps. Chortens marking the path out from the village.
Testha children. Caps & woollen rags & an amulet on the girl/boy in front.
Kurgiakh Valley. Testha child, chortens marking the path down from Kurgiakh village. Another path climbs up the hill
Testha village. Children with traditional caps. Note ragged cloak in which to carry little sister.
Testha. Making a rope. Chortens in background.
Testha children in bonnets
Testha children, girl in middle with necklace. Child asleep on sister’s back
Testha children. Ragged cloak in which to carry little brother & sister. Child with amulets in pouches on his / her back.
Zanskar. Testha woman & children.
Testha. Making a rope. Men in traditional woollen gowns. Chorten in background.
Karsha, Chamba’s village. Detail of mud brick house in foreground and furze on roof. materials. Other similar houses on the steep slope above, some very substantial.
On the way from Karsha back to camp, it’s getting late & dark. High snow peaks in the background and silhouette of chorten on the hill.
Children in front of Karsha village, Chamba’s home village. Contrast between sunlight and shade too much.
Karsha, Chamba’s village. View South through the village and across the plains of Padam to the Great Himalayan range, or the Zanskar Range beyond
A bridge on the way to the Pensi La Pass.
On the way from Padam to Kargil. Yaks yoked to the plough. Woman leading them and man guiding the plough behind.
Christina riding towards the Pensi La Pass on the way to Kargil.
Karsha, Chamba’s village. View South through the village, chorten in foreground, and across the plains of Padam.
Kasha village. A house entrance & baskets of dung/wood roots ? for fuel.
Karsha village. Chamba’s house. Furze in foreground, for fuel and or for the roof ?
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Christina Noble crossing the Chandrabhaga in a ‘jhula’. The first bit is OK, you come whooshing down, but then it stops and you hang over the raging torrent until someone begins to pull you, slowly, up the other side.
Chandrabhaga. Dorze, the chaukidar of Thirot Rest House and his friend.
Near Kargil, Kashmiris / Gujars?
Detail of house of handsome traditional built house
A woman winnowing, a basket for grass/hay. Willow trees and a large house on the hill above
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Contact sheet II 24B 1974
Kot, view of temple store, children on balcony
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Kot Temple, the tiger’s head on the end of the ridge pole.
Kot temple. An ornamental peacock protruding from corner of the roof
Inside Kot temple, carved wooden facing birds on the columns & iron rings
Above Keylong. The bier of the chomo.
Above Keylong. Women mourners at the funeral of a ‘chomo’
Above Keylong. Funeral of ‘chomo’ , lama musicians with drum, on a roof.
Above Keylong. Above Keylong. Women mourners at the funeral of a ‘chomo’.
Above Keylong. Funeral procession with ‘chomo’s bier passing through the village
Above Keylong. Gompa (monastery) where the funeral of ‘chomo’ (nun, or female lama) was held. ‘Drop toilet in the corner of the veranda. I was taken to the funeral by Tsring Dorze, ‘Bhoti Master’.
Houses near Keylong, old style with built in verandas. Plentiful wood pile
