Lhasa mummer Frame:black

Lhasa mummer Frame:blackLhasa mummer wearing a mask representing an Indian Saddhu, close up, performing in the grounds of the British Mission residency in the Dekyi Lingka. Although Chapman refers to these masks as being made of papier mache they are more likely to have been carved from hardwood. Chapman also refers to the mummers as being very poor and this is possibly evidenced from the small portion of dress visible in this image Due to the nature of these images, prints

identifying them as currently undergoing the initiation ceremony

In the foreground a large flock of goats and sheep crowd around a well

The building is three storeys tall and it has a number of small windows

At the far right a fourth man is taking the saddle off a couched camel

a Sunday and therefore a day off for the Mission staff

dry bushes and dunes

Muhammad bin Fadil sits astride his camel

King's New Year

with people sitting along the walls

opposite the buildings

Lhasa and Sho village taken from the Potala

One man is leaning out of the well