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Clothing and dress
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Scientific expeditions
Villages
Asset ID
film217
Title
Beyond the vale of Kashmir
Date
1922-1924
Agent (Role)
Cowling, Herford Tynes
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Photographer
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Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Film Collection no. 217: Beyond the vale of Kashmir, U-matic
Publication History
Morden, William J. Beyond the Vale of Kashmir. Natural History v. 32, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1932: [4]-21. Morden, Florence H. House-boat Days in the Vale of Kashmir. National Geographic Magazine, v. 56, no. 4, Oct. 1929: 437-463.
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Description
Filmed during the Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia, 1922-1924. With panoramic vistas of the Himalayas in the background, Beyond the Vale of Kashmir begins as the expedition travels through western Tibet. Cinematographer Herford Tynes Cowling filmed portraits of Tibetan people and their activities such as making flour from grain stalks. The expedition goes to the village of Mulbik, where they visit a colossal sculpture of a four-armed god carved into a mountain wall. At Srinagar, on the River Jhelum, William James and Florence H. Morden stay with a British Colonel on an elegant houseboat, replete with fine art and furnishings. In addition to studying the household staff at work, the film explores the region of the River Jhelum during a cruise in a shikara. The pavilion made for Nur Mahal by her husband, the Mogul Emperor Jahanger, stands near the Shalimar Gardens, which abound with fountains and flowing waters. Kashmir dancers, dressed in voluminous robes and gold-embroidered caps encrusted with jewels, dance by the waters. Extensive footage of the Himis Tibetan monastery closely examines the elaborate costumes and masks used in the Devil Dances. The shushok (reincarnation of a saint) sits on his throne and a lama makes prayer flags for the faithful by pressing fabric on an ink block.
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External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia (1922-1924)
, AMNH Library authority record:
Morden, William James, 1886-1958
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