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Miyar: Gaddi's pack with blanket and goat-hair woven rope.

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1974

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.5.20

Boy in traditional tweed coat

+ Region

Ladakh

+ Year

1974

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.6.16

Ladakhi woman cleaning barley. Wearing wool cloak & amber necklace.

+ Region

Manali

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool, Work

+ Ref. ID

1.7.27

Manali Bazaar. Barber’s shop and a shoe stall, with second hand trainers.

+ Region

Manali

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.7.31

Manali Bazaar. Visiting Zanskaris shopping.

+ Region

Manali

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.7.8

Manali Bazaar. Zanskaris wearing felted wool cloaks shopping & a Kullui in tweed waistcoat

+ Region

Manali

+ Year

1971

+ Keyword

Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.19.8

Luder Chand’s father, Christina, The signaller, and Luder Chand (Postman), in handsome local tweed jackets. I lived in the postman’s house in Sial village. We are all on a visit to the bazaar.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Architecture, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.26.13A

Manali village. People on timber balcony. A loom and some fleeces. Cattle below.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.26.26

Manali village. Little girls in tweed ‘pattu’. Building behind timber ‘bonded’ construction, with stone.

+ Region

Kullu

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.35.12

Zanskari man after crossing the Rohtang on his way to Manali bazaar.

+ Region

Kullu

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.35.3A

Zanskari group after crossing the Rohtang on their way to Manali bazaar.

+ Region

Kullu

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.35.4A

Zanskari group after crossing the Rohtang on their way to Manali bazaar.

+ Region

Kullu

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.35.9

Zanskari men after crossing the Rohtang on their way to Manali bazaar. In this and following photos note the woollen clothes, cloaks and their traditional hats.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.37.33

Below the Kali Hind Pass, Bara Bangahal (side). Shepherd wearing ‘chola’ and wool cap, with lamb in his lap. John Keay and I, on our first trek Shimla to Sringar, had found it high on the pass and brought it down. He was climbing up looking for it. This and its companion photo of same man looking through our binoculars, have became well regarded.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.39.15

Kukti boy wearing tweed cap.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1970

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

1.39.26

Boy in Kukti village, wearing Gaddi style tweed hat.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1978

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dunghri, Wool

+ Ref. ID

2.3.20

Dunghri Mela. Young girl laughing, wearing undyed tweed dress.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1978

+ Keyword

Clothes, Dunghri, Wool

+ Ref. ID

2.3.26

3 Kullui men in tweed jackets and Kullui caps, sitting outside Hadimba temple in Dunghri forest.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

2.17.4

Lingti , Ladakh, beyond Baralacha Pass. Gaddis’ summer camp. Churning butter in a sheepskin, note leather shoes and checked blankets.

+ Region

Manali

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

2.18.3

Visitors to Duff Dunbar House. Dorze & Chamba’s wives’ relations from Zanskar. Showing off their Zanskari ‘tie dyed’ woollen cloaks.

+ Region

Zanskar

+ Year

1975

+ Keyword

Architecture, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

2.21.5

Kasha village. A house entrance & baskets of dung/wood roots ? for fuel.

+ Region

Dunghri

+ Year

1979

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

3.10.18

Duff Dunbar’s chaukidar & his wife sitting outside the byre. Mothercare chair behind

+ 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

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, 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

Lahaul

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Clothes, Craft, migration, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.26a

Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds relaxing, wearing tweed caps, chola, and blankets. note cooking utensils and leather shoes.

+ 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

Lahaul

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Architecture, Clothes, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.10.28a

Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds smoking hookah, wearing tweed caps, ‘chola’, and ‘dora’. Checked blankets are drying on the wall of the dry-stone shelter. Note the dried cattle dung (for fuel) in the foreground.

+ 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

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

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

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

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, 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.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1983

+ Keyword

Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.18.2A

Holi village, Ravi valley. Carded wool in a basket and two spinning wheels.

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1985

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.26.4a

Miyar: Rahul and Gaddis playing ‘chholo’.

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1985

+ Keyword

Clothes, Customs, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.26.5a

Miyar: Rahul and Gaddis playing ‘chholo’.

+ Region

Gaddis

+ Year

1985

+ Keyword

Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

4.29.2A

Kangra, near Dera Gopipur, Sunni Devi at winter camp. Man spinning on a ‘takli’.

+ Region

Miyar

+ Year

+ Keyword

Agriculture, Wool

+ Ref. ID

6.4.32

Gaddi ponies with sacks of wool or fodder, background snowy mountains.
Miyar: Gaddi's pack with blanket and goat-hair woven rope.

+ Region

Lahaul

+ Year

1985

+ Keyword

Craft, Wool

+ Ref. ID

7.34

Miyar: Gaddi’s pack with blanket and goat-hair woven rope.
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