Self (left) and others fording the Nyang Chu, near Dong-ste, at nightfall. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of four figures on horseback, with buildings beyond. Subjects = Bell Collection; horse riding; travelling Location = Dongtse; Tibet
Tibetans cutting up a dead body. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of three of the Tong-den cutting up a corpse preparatory to feeding the pieces to the vultures. Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs
Monks of Gyantse Monastery. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of monks of various ages posed for photographer. Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Eleven-headed Chenrezi with 1000 hands and 1000 eyes in the outside rim, Phari Monastery. Below, butter offerings, bowls of holy water and butter lamps. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Close view of altar with image behind. Similar view at print 563, where the location is identified as Cha-tsa Monastery, near Phari. Subjects = altars; Bell Collection; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan sculpture Location =...
The god Tam-chen Cho-gyal and his consort, taken at Palkor Chode Monastery at Gyantse. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of two masked figures, seated. Subjects = Bell Collection; masks; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Nyang-to Kyi-pu hermitages in Nyang Valley near Dongtse. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Large group of hermits' cells on hillside. Subjects = Bell Collection; hermitages; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Nyang-to Kyi-pu; Tibet