The priest officer who distributes the barley ration to the monks in the Ta-shi Lhun-po Monastery. Mounted on a pony; his official designation is Nor Yon. He is the Chief Monastery Magistrate and Paymaster , and has about eight magistrates below him. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Probably photographed at Shigatse. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan officials Location = Shigatse; Tibet
Nying-ma [unreformed sect] priest, red (maroon) robe and hat of same red (maroon) colour. Rosary in left hand with wooden beads. Half-length. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of the man seen in print 16. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); monks; priests; religion; religion (Buddhism); rosaries
Four Tibetan beggars carrying loads containing blankets for their bedding, copper cooking pots, wooden eating bowls, tents of white cotton (not yak hair) and bamboo tent poles. Returning to Tibet from Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographed miles beyond Kalimpong Bazaar on the road to Pedong. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans