Ragyapas' houses in Lhasa, made of horns of yaks, ordinary cattle and sheep. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography House of a Ragyapa, with a member of the community standing in front: 'There is a community of beggars in Lhasa, known as Ra-gya-pa. The walls of their huts are built with the horns of animals, yaks, other cattle, and sheep. They are the scavengers of the city....
Three beggars by the Turquoise Bridge in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three figures seated on the ground in front of a wall: 'The one in the middle is a woman, the man on the left is blind. Note the thumbs held up. In front and to the sides are their staves, for all are old.' Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection Location = Lhasa; Ti...