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Young person in chuba

Image depicts a young person seated in front of a building and wearing a chuba, a loose fitting robe.

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Women wearing pendants and belt

Image depicts several women, some wearing large pendants and one wearing a decorative belt. This is a fuller image of item a033050, which offers a close up view of the jewelry.

Traditional Tibetian dancing

Image depicts several individuals dressed in regalia and performing what may be the Black Hat Dance. This dance is taking place in front of the building depicted in images a033048-a033049 and a033054-a033060.

Tibetian women

Image depicts several Tibetian women seated, probably on the ground or a hillside. The women wear traditional chubas, and one woman, seated center right, wears a striped apron signifying that she is married.

Tibetian pendants and belt

Image depicts several individuals wearing pendants and a belt. These items may have religious significance. See also item a033051.

Tibetian dancing, side view

Image depicts several individuals dressed in regalia dancing what may be the Black Hat dance. Also visible on the left side of the print are several seated men wearing what may be Buddhist monk's robes. This dance is taking place outside a large building that may be a monastery or temple.

Tibetian dancing

Image depicts another view of dancing what may be the Black Hat Dance in front of a building that may be a Buddhist monastery or temple. Also visible are some large drums, which may be played for this dance.

Tibetian dancing

Image depicts a distant view of several individuals dancing what may be the Black Hat Dance in front of a building that may be a Tibetian Buddhist monastery or temple.

Tibetian dance, distant view

Image depicts individuals dancing next to a large building that may be a Tibetian monastery or temple. The dancers wear regalia and carry scarves and may be performing the Black Hat dance.

Tibetian Buddhist monks dancing

Image depicts several men, dressed in what appear to be Buddhist robes, dancing in a courtyard outside a large building. They carry scarves, which appear to be a part of this dance.

Tibetian Buddhist monks

Image depicts several men wearing robes that suggest they are Tibetian Buddhist monks. They are standing in a courtyard outside a large building and may be dancing.

Tibetan building from a distance

Image depicts another view of the possibly religious structure depicted in item a033049. In addition to the architectural details noted earlier (many windows, flat roof, structure comprised of wood, earth, stone, and cement) this view depicts a prayer wheel, a cylindrical wheel on a spindle), visible on the roof, centre left of the image. The four sided walls indicate that this building may be located in the Ladakh region. A collection of drums and many seated individuals are visible in front of the building and one person appears to be dancing.

Tibetan building

Image depicts a large Tibetan building, possibly a temple or a monastery. Traditional Tibetan architectural features visible here include a structure with multiple windows to let in sunlight and a flat roof to preserve heat. These dwellings are often constructed with a combination of wood, rocks, cement, and earth. Several figures are seated in front of this dwelling near a row of drums.

Stamp Collection

This file consists of 18 stamps from the National Central China Post.
10 stamps for 500,000 yuan : purple
4 stamps for 10,000 yuan : green
2 stamps for 10,000 yuan : red
2 stamps for 10,000 yuan: blue and red

Seated Buddhist monks

Image depicts four seated men wearing regalia that indicates they are probably Tibetian Buddist monks. They sit on the ground outside a building that may be a monastery or temple.

Photography

This file contains three sets of images. One set consists of 53 b&w photos and one postcard, collected by Pilon on her travels in China. Another set consists of three b&w photos. A third set consists of 14 negatives from a trip to Tibet that Pilon took circa 1948. This set has been digitized and can be viewed online (items a033047 through a033060)
Subject materials include Pilon and her companions, temples, festivals, landscapes, markets, residences, and residents.

Personal Writing

This file consists of 5 essays written by Pilon, as well as a draft of one of the essays.
Essay titles:

  1. "So you have never been to a Chinese play?!" (first line of apparently untitled essay) (draft copy included)
  2. "Superficially Civilized Hua Si Pa"
  3. "Street Sounds of Chengtu"
  4. "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met" (written 1953 after leaving China)
  5. "Ends and Means - Aldous Huxley"

Passports

This file consists of one complete Canadian passport (expired 1952) and the photo page of a separate Canadian passport (expired 1964), both in Pilon's name.

Mongolian Folk Lore

This file consists of one copy of the book "Mongolian Folk Lore." translated by T. Attree in January 1926, in Tienstin. N. China. The file also contains a complete b&w scan of the book.

Ideas

This file consists of the contents of a folder marked "Ideas." The materials are a mixture of correspondence, poetry, unused stationary, and a copy of the "Report of the Leper Hospital of the West China Union University College of Medicine and Dentistry 1947."

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