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black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of an older Bhutanese man

writing on the back

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49.A.4.5

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of a Bhutense village, Miretang [?] Hilly landscape with some buildings. People spread throughout the image.

Writing on the back

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Bhutenese village. Misetang
13/Apr/49
49.A.10.5

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick greypaper.

Photograph an Bungalow at Hatisar.

Writing on the back.

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Bungalow at Hatisar
26/Mar/49
49.A.6.7

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photograph of woven bamboo baskets filled with food sitting on a box inside a tent. A longer cylindrical woven basket with cloth cover filled with drink leans on box from behind and pokes from out behind the other baskets.

Writing on the back.

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Ceremonial presents from the Maharanee

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photograph of tea pot on ground sat beside an urn (possibly filled with hot saffron rice as described in HJH/1/1/17) and a woven basket that is presumably a flagon containing water, tea or another drink. Further back sits another basket and some food.

Writing on the back.

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Ceremonial tea

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock dating to between 1923 and 1924.
The diary has been written in three parts:

• Notes on Yunnan 1923 (Feb 1923-Mar1923)
• Journey from Nguluko to Atuntze - Liutichiang, Dokerla - Tsarong, Peimashan, Tungchuling and return to Nguluko (Oct1923-Dec1923)
• J.F. Rock Agricultural Explorer, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington D.C. (Jan1924-Apr1924)
  Naxi vocabulary, p.28; diary also features other vocabularies, including Tibetan.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock; April to May 1926; May 1933 to March 1934.
Joseph Rock’s diary covering the dates 23 April 1926 – 22 May 1926; includes:

• Notes on ‘Amnyi Machen’ [Amnye Machen]; Story of Dzambala and Notes on tribes around Amnyi Machen. (pp.3-22)
• Followed by list of pictures sent to Washington (p.22); Notes on diaries mailed in March 1927 (p.23);
• Notes on Yunnan literature (p.24)
  1 May 1933 – 28 March 1934 (pp.25-279; includes:
• lists of books and articles relevant to Yunnan and China;
• List of books in the Library of Joseph F. Rock (pp.57-72)
• Trunks left in cold storage in Hong Kong (pp.132-133) and trunks to be taken along (p.134)
• Monday November 13th 1933: “Alone as usual… As I looked out over the grey smoky landscape I pitied the Chinese to be forced upon them by outsiders the chaotic artificial life of the west. My mind wandered to far away Nda za gko to the lovely alpine meadows on the Likiang Snow Range [Yulong Xue Shan] where reigns eternal peace. In spite of all the glitter and good food and comfort, etc on this boat it is all artificial. Here one looses [sic] contact with the great spirit of nature. I am longing for a quiet spot where I can stay with my Nakhi boys and live in peace, where I shall not have to move again except when the great day comes when I shall go to my eternal rest. When I behold the women on this ship, artificial, all flesh and no soul I shudder when I think what their life must be; a decorated painted shell ever moving but getting nowhere except farther away from what should be the real life of contemplation and unselfishness.” (pp.152-153)
• Meeting Handel-Mazzetti in Vienna and discussing the government and Sacher (pp.219-222)
• Transcription/translation of a Dongba book donated by Handel-Mazzetti to the Natural History Museum in Vienna (pp.235-239)
• Brief discussion of a Dongba book donated by Frank Kingdon Ward to the British Museum (pp.261-262)
• Meeting with Walter Rothschild, January 1934 (pp.273-278)
• Letter in Chinese script pasted into the diary on p.279: ‘Letter from Y…gning announcing the death of my good old friend the Tsong Kwan, a descendant of the great Kubilai Khan’ [Kublai Khan]
• Chinese script (pp.281-298)

Diary includes a loose photograph of the Watson family taken in 1947, and loose page of Chinese script.

Diary has a '35' on its spine.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 11 [12 on spine]; Li-chiang to K’u-lu and Yung-ning, 1928-1929, entitled ‘Diary of Joseph F. Rock Volume XI, Journey from Nguluko – Likiang to Tatsienlu from November 8th 1928 to February 9th 1929.’
There is a hand drawn map on one of the pages.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 14 [15 on spine]; Nyorop’u to Nv-lv-k’o Lu-feng, 1929-1930 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Volume XIV, from September 1st 1929 to January 31st 1930.'
The diary contains a map drawn inside, extensive notes and loose notes on Naxi pictograms (inserted between pp. 188 and 189) and a photograph of Rock with Chinese and Western gentlemen.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 16; Yunnanfu to Lichiang A-ts’an-gko, 1931 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Vol. XVI, from January 1st 1931 to May 1st 1931'
The diary contains a pressed flower and a loose photograph of Joseph Rock taken by Edgar Snow in 1930.
There are maps drawn on some of the pages.
The diary contains information about Naxi pictograms.