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Altan Ova. In Sundi Hoshun. Old monk, wearing Chinese spectacles. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an elderly monk, behatted and wearing spectacles. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Altan Ova. In Sundi Hoshun. 'A monk of the village,' (see R 133 [neg.920]), smoking a cigarette. Cigarette smoking is not forbidden in Mongolia so strictly as in Tibet, but it is against the rules, and a pipe (kensa) is more often smoked. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a 'monk of the village' (i.e., one who has married and lived outside the monastery), a cigarette in his mouth. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Altan Ova. In Sundi Hoshun. A monk returning to his monastery from an outside expedition takes off his hat before entering. His style of hat — made of paper inside and cotton outside — shows that he is above the ordinary rank and file. Very likely he is a deputy treasurer, and has charge of the cash. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders portrait of a monk, holding his hat in his hand. Duplicate negative only, no print. The negative is on the same piece of film, and overlaps with neg. 937.
Altan Ova. In Sunid Hoshun. Sunid monk. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length full-face portrait of a monk, wearing a hat and standing with hands on hips. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Altan Ova. In Sunid Hoshun. Monk holding hat. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Similar to neg. 930, showing a monk returning to his monastery, holding his hat in his hat. Duplicate negative only, no print. Negative on same piece of film as neg. 930 and overlapping it slightly.