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[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
Summary
Title devised by Library staff.
Slide used for the presentation: "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).
Also represented in LOT 14034-1, pg. no. 006 (color reference copy).
Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
Tags
Date
01/01/1969
Contributors
Kandell, Alice S., photographer
Location
Gangtok (India), 27.33333, 21.47694
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
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