Christina Noble Archive

    • Home
    • Image Archive
    • About
Filtered (49)
Filters
  • Reset all×
  • Gaddis×
  • 1982×
+ Search
×
+ Region
+ Year
+ Keyword
Show (49)
Cancel
  • Reset all×
  • Gaddis×
  • 1982×

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.7.10

Tyari. My hosts, handsome men posing with their hookahs on the veranda. They were telling me Gaddi legends & history.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.7.22

Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley. House being built detail of roof construction.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.7.25

View from above Hadsar. Budil Valley. Light on the path gives the sense of isolation.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.7.29

Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ carrying a sheep or goatskin sack of flour.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.7.30

Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in a ‘chola’ and carrying a goatskin sack of flour.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.7.36

Bramour. Sheep and goats finding shade in the ‘chaurassi’.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.7.4

View across upper Ravi Valley from Tyari village, dense terracing and snow peaks. June.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.7.7

Tyari, a flock owner on his veranda with hookah

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.8.10

Two men wearing ”chola ‘at rest stop on the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley, Spring migration North, June. Checked and striped blankets

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.8.11

On the way down from Jalsu Pass. Spring migration North. June. Woman setting down her pack beside another for rest stop. Note goat hair ropes and wooden hasps.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.8.15

Below the Jalsu Pass view across the Ravi Valley, showing steep terracing, tracks of paths and snow clad peaks. Spring migration North.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.8.16

Upper Ravi Valley. Several flocks climbing up towards Lakhna Temple. Spring migration in June. Special joined print of images 16 & 17 to show the vertical path. A flock had strayed off the path, a sheep suddenly hurtled though the air to fall with a thud, dead.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Customs

+ Ref. ID

4.8.26

Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley. Detail of house construction, timber bonding, double storied veranda, beehive in the timber right hand mid photo. On ground level the door for cattle.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.8.8

Four women in ‘luanchari’ made with hand printed Rajasthani cloth. The child has a bonnet. Chatting and resting on a stone bench their way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley. Spring migration North. June.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.8.9

On the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Nayagraon. Spring migration North. June. Resting at Lakhna temple young boy and elderly shepherd who is fondling his sheep. Checked blankets and pack.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.10.19A

Lahaul, crevasse in the glacier below Kukti Pass.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.26A

Lahaul, overnight camp below Kukti Pass, showing stout shoes and iron (?) ‘tawa’, cooking pots and blankets

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.30A

Lahaul, Gaddi at camp above Kuldeo shrine. Below Kukti Pass. Autumn migration South. Shepherds camped before crossing the Pass. Showing tweed ‘chola’, hookah, checked blankets, stout leather shoes.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.10.4A

Kukti Pass, 16,000ft. 4,800 metres. There is a Gaddi flock high up, some are already at the pass, some are in the dangerous area, the gully where rocks can fall, loosened from the melting ice. There is another flock resting mid photo to the right of the glacier.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.10.5A

Kukti Pass from the Lahaul side, 16,500 ft. Autumn migration South. One flock can be seen resting in the mid picture, right side. Another is on its way to the top of the pass, crossing the dangerous area where rocks can fall from melting ice. The fall below is steep.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Customs, Temple

+ Ref. ID

4.11.10

Lahaul, Kuldeo shrine on the way to Kukti Pass.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Customs, Temple

+ Ref. ID

4.11.11

Lahaul, Kuldeo shrine on the way to Kukti Pass.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.11.27A

Tyari village. Woman wearing ‘dora’ and ‘luanchari’ of velvet bodice & hand printed Rajasthani cloth. ‘walijo’ (??) necklace and xxx pendant.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.11.6

A large straggled flock coming up from Jalma, Lahaul, towards Kaldeo shrine and then the Kukti pass. Autumn migration South.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Craft, Temple

+ Ref. ID

4.12.10A

Bramour. The Nandi bull in the ‘chaurasi’.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.12.16A

Village house above Bramour, Budil Nala. Adjoined houses with double storied timber verandas.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.12.20A

Budil Nala. Village above Bramour, double storied timber verandas, no shortage of timber. A man looking out from the upper and a woman from the lower. See CN list 4.12.16.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.12.22A

Budil Nala (above Bramour). Shepherds stop for a midday smoke from their hookah. They are wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

4.12.28A

On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. October/September. Boy and man, wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’, penning lambs with checked blankets before the flock goes out to graze.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.13A

Tyari village. School teacher’s wife in her best, wearing ‘luanchari’ with ‘hangli’ bodice, and ‘chidi’ on her forehead.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.15A

Tyari village. School teacher showing off the embroidery on his best ‘chola’

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.13.16A

Tyari village. September. Three men on stone bench smoking ‘biris’ and chatting. One is spinning on a ‘takli’. One wears a woollen hat and patched woollen clothes. There is a ball of wool on the bench.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.13.2A

Above Bramour. Budil nala. Village house. Maize drying on slate roof. Note quality of wooden balconies. Snow peaks across the valley.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.22A

Tyari village. My friend Sunni Devi wearing luanchari & ‘dora’, with children who don’t look very healthy.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.13.31A

Upper Ravi Valley. On the way from Holi towards the Jalsu Pass, path along the cliff face. Autumn migration South.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.33

Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration – South. Lambs in the foreground. A shepherd in silhouette wearing ‘chola’ & ‘dora’ , carrying a bonneted child across his pack, and lambs in his front pouch.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes

+ Ref. ID

4.13.34A

Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. The man is carrying a pack and child (in velvet bonnet) across the pack, and lambs in his front pouch. Note strong leather shoes.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.13.4A

Houses on the outskirts of Bramour town. A woman coming downstairs from the roof

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Craft

+ Ref. ID

4.13.5A

Village above Bramour. Staircase onto roof where corn is drying, and a loom in foreground.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture, Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.13.6A

Village above Bramour. In foreground a goat beside slate-roofed shed, background snow peaks.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Landscape

+ Ref. ID

4.13.7

View of upper Ravi from above Bramour. illustrating the scale of the landscape – a narrow path, terraces, houses on the crests and snow peaks above forest level.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.12

Autumn migration South. Packing up before setting off, young shepherd sitting on wool sack. Similar to 4.14.13 in this one more packs with blankets, and goat’s hair rope.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.13

On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Young shepherd penning lambs before flock goes out to graze. Note wool sack, woollen blankets, and jacket, and the hookah.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Architecture

+ Ref. ID

4.14.33

Approaching the Jalsu Pass, on the Ravi side. Autumn migration South. September/October. Flat roofed Gujar dwelling in the background and view of peaks across the Ravi.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.36A

Man, child and woman, with heavy packs, climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.36

Climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Man & woman with heavy packs and checked blankets. Woman wearing tucked up ‘luanchari’ of Rajasthani print cloth. Child walking

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dhaba, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.4

Upper Ravi. Autumn migration South. Young shepherd carrying many lambs and kids. Another shepherd in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ behind. In the background a stone hotel ‘dhaba’ building.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dhaba

+ Ref. ID

4.14.5A

Upper Ravi Valley, Near Nayagraon. Autumn migration, September. Tea stop. Girl wearing luanchari, ‘dora’, hair jewellery called ‘ring’

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1982

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.14.8A

On the way up Ravi Valley. Autumn migration South. September-October. A flock of sheep and goats. Shepherd with woolsack, hookah. Wearing a ‘chola’. Woman on the right, has been or is about to rest her pack on the stone resting platform.
© Christina Noble 1970-2025

info@christinanoblearchive.com

Instagram christina.noble.archive

Website designed by Aditya Pande and built by HebrideanIS