Lhasa mummer Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Lhasa mummer Images of Wilfred ThesigerLhasa mummer in skull mask, close up, performing in the grounds of the British Mission residency in the Dekyi Lingka. This mask represents the Guardian of the Cemetery figure who appears frequently in Tibetan drama. 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

She is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle

View of a man leaning on the supporting arch

The rifle is covered in a leather sleeve

The young boy at the centre of the line is possibly Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

The man is wearing his dagger (jambiya or khanjar) in a horizontal manner in the style typical of this region

View of trees bending in the strong winds of a gale

Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare) after his circumcision

On the left one man unloads gear from a couched camel

In the foreground a wide expanse of bare

moored at Bahrain Island

Tall towers sit on the far side of the courtyard

Portrait of a young man (named Lokuyie)