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Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1978 July 18-July 22
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 Art, carving in molding of door opening with painting onthe wall beside it; 3 painted blue door and carvings around door with buddhist painting over the door; 4 carving oflions and other animals infront of small buddha carving over door; 5-6 close up of blue carving of buddhist figures over the door; 7 close up of blue carvings to the left of the door; 8 close up of carved, painting and gilded goddess with multiple faces; 9 carving of squatting figure infront of multiple carving of the same small figure repeated; 10 carving of buddhist diety with gilded crown facing the camera, blue enamaled dragons to the side of the diety; 11 man in tan shirt looking up standing infront of a doorway; 12-13 Art, gilded buddhist diety carving with blue hair infront of painted wall; 14 landscape witholder eroded temple like buildins in foreground, one with spire raising above building infront of green hill; 15 blue buddhist diety statue with crown and beads next to a hand with white anils and gold and blue enameled bracelet; 16 statue of buddhist diety, gilded, low shot of belly of statue; 17 white goddess statue, very dark picture; 18 man standing with boy; 19 boys standing infront of stone wall, small boy infront wearing blue; 20 close up of two boys one on left wearing hat; 21-26 boys infront of stone wall, ages ranging from toddler to teenager; 27 boy walking with toddler girl on his back infront of grass field and mountains; 28 boy moving, sitting on the floor of the dukang (main prayer room) facing candles; 28-30 three monks standing infront of wall painting, two with arms around each others shoulders talking; 31-35 two monks infront of wall painting, laughing, talking, and horsing around; 36 taken from monastery roof with three monks in foregrounf landscape with houses, fields, and mountains in background; 37 boy monk in doorway with hands on molding above the door
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-8OP
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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9f5f10c6e-2e7e-4e76-a508-56ce964cd7f9
EDAN-URL:
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