A tamang porter takes a tobacco break at a teashop in the village of Thare in the middle of a monsoon downpour.

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Object Number 2015.2.26.9

Display Title A tamang porter takes a tobacco break at a teashop in the village of Thare in the middle of a monsoon downpour.

Descriptions

Object Description A tamang porter takes a tobacco break at a teashop in the village of Thare in the middle of a monsoon downpour. Before the advent of the motorway in the 1980s, Thare was the midpoint of the two-day walk from Trisuli-Betrwati to Dhunch. Nuwakot district, 1976, p. 39

Department Photographic

Date 1976

Artist Kevin Bubriski (1978)

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Nepal

Materials Digital

Quantity 1

Credit Line Robert Gardner Visiting Artist Fellow

Provenance

Seller Kevin Bubriski (1/7/2015)

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