Tibetan medical expedition in Ladakh, India: village doctor preparing medicines. Photograph by Tim Malyon, 1984.
- Malyon, Tim.
- Date:
- 1984
- Reference:
- 29440i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The doctor in the photograph is Tsawang Smanla. He continues in a tradition passed down from his father. He works for the Save the Children Fund, and provides a free medical service in return for collective help with his household and farm. In the photograph he is wearing Western style clothing, though in winter he wears a traditional long woollen robe ('goncha')
Publication/Creation
1984
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; image 27.8 x 19.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Lettering on a separate sheet: "Tsawang Smanla, the village doctor in Ladakh"
Notes
Tim Malyon worked with the Save the Children Fund, taking photographs in Ladakh in 1984. Ladakh is a remote mountainous area, situated between Kashmir and Tibet. Its inhabitants are mostly farmers, Tibetan Buddhists
Terms of use
Copyright Tim Malyon, 1984. Permission to reproduce should be attained from Framework, The Gatehouse, Middle Coombe Farm, Huntsham, Tiverton, Devon
Reference
Wellcome Collection 29440i
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Location Status Access Closed stores