In valley between Ka-la and 'Otter Lake', showing the Cho-mo-lha-ri Range on the Tibet-Bhutan frontier, in the background. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; mountain scenery Location = Chomo Lhari; Kala; Tibet
Man holding Tibetan muzzle-loading gun. Note the prongs of antelope horn for resting on the ground when firing. On 'Three Brother Plain' [Tang Pun Sum]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = arms and armour; Bell Collection; ethnic groups; rifles; Tibetans Location = Tang Pun Sum; Tibet
Dancer from Eastern Tibet holding sword-point against his neck. He turns somersaults forwards and backwards with the sword in this position. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of the smiling man. Subjects = acrobats; Bell Collection; dance; entertainers
Woman turning prayer cylinder in Kalimpong monastery near the cart road. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'She pulls the wheel under the square box covered with Tibetan paintings, the rod attached to the wheel goes throught he box and the cylinder containing the prayers can be seen above the box.' Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer cylinders; religion; religion (...
Woman turning prayer cylinder in Kalimpong monastery near the cart road. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Same subject as print 51. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer cylinders; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist)