Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 1112 / Level: [41] Item - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(46)
Title:: Bhutanese telling his beads, with a Tibetan sitting on either side of him. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of three figures. 'Note the comparatively short hair and the very short robe (chu-pa) of the Bhutanese. Subjects = Bell Collection; Bhutias (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(47)
Title:: A Lepcha and his wife, Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of the couple. 'He is the Mandal of Kalimpong village (block). His hat is of black velvet surmounted by red corals. The robe is of cotton in blue and red stripes. Below this is a white silk coat without sleeves. Below this is a shi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(48)
Title:: The Lepcha man of print 47, with Lepcha bow and two arrows. The bow is split bamboo. The arrowas are of cane. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. Subjects = arms and armour; Bell Collection; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(49)
Title:: Lepcha family at home, Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed family group, the two young men wearing European dress. 'Left to right, Mandal (same figure as in print 47), Mandal's brother (standing), Mandal's sister, Mandal's daughter, Mandal's wife, Mandal's son (standing), Mandal's father (Che-wang), who was Manda...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(50)
Title:: Tibetan prayer flags outside the monastery at Kalimpong, which can be seen behind. Among the flags stands one of the monks. The flag-posts are of bamboo, the cloths are from Japan and are of white colour with the prayers stamped on them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(51)
Title:: 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 (...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(52)
Title:: Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel and rosary. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The former has a copper container for the prayers with brass bands, brass cover and brass chain. The knob at the end of the chain is of lead. Handle of wood, rosary of beads of conch shell. The prayer wheel is a very old one.' Subjects = Bell Collection; pra...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(53)
Title:: Close view of the prayer wheel seen in print 52. At the top of the handle is a bone ring. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer wheels; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(54)
Title:: The same prayer wheel open. Inside can be seen the cloth cover which encloses the rolled strips of paper on which the prayers are stamped. In this wheel the paper is rolled round and round many times. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer wheels; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(55)
Title:: Kalimpong town, the nearer portion being the Tibetan quarter. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking down onto the town from the adjoining hillside. Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

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