Dalai Lama blessing Tibetans at Yatung with a tassel. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Tibetans processing past the Dalai Lama, who stands at right beneath umbrella, glancing towards camera. See also part 284 (42a, 42b). Subjects = Bell Collection; Dalai Lama; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; religious leaders Location = Tibet; Yatung
'Iron Hill' [Chakpori], with Temple of Medicine on summit, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the ridge towards the medical college. Subjects = Bell Collection; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Nepalese picnicking near Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Nepalis in front of a decorated tent in a park near Lhasa. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Nepalis (ethnic group); picnics; social life; tents Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Hermitage (Ri-tro), above Reting. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of building, partly obscured by the trees among which it stands: 'Here the High Priest (Hutuktu) retires for religious meditation (tsam) from time to time. Here also the Dalai Lama spent some time when he visited Reting.' Caption on back of print re...
Chumbi Valley girls. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Four young girls posed in a row for the photographer. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet