A young Tibetan boy in hospital is excited when his aunt visits him bringing Tibetan barley food. Colour lithograph, 1974.

Date:
1974
Reference:
2033504i
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Description

The boy is in Shanghai children's hospital, according to the lettering on the bedclothes. The Tibetan woman wears a colourful Tibetan apron and holds an umbrella. A woman from Jing'an restaurant in central Shanghai holds a metal flask containing barley

Publication/Creation

[China] : [publisher not identified]?], 1974.

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 76.8 x 52.7 cm

Lettering

Translation of lettering: Aunty brings me tsampa (Tibetan roasted barley) again

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2033504i

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