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1521. Photo 1112/5(146)

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Photo 1112/5(146)
Title:
Monk, showing sacred pictures and explaining them to passers-by from a book which he holds in his hand. He points out the different images, etc., with a long thin iron rod. A dozen or more such monks sit thus each evening in Gyang-tse town. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious instruction Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1522. Photo 1112/5(147)

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Photo 1112/5(147)
Title:
The last photograph of the late Dalai Lama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, Nga-wang Lop-sang Tup-den Gya-tso (1876-1933). Copy print: 'The original is said to have been taken by one of the Nepalese photographers in Lhasa by the Dalai Lama's order a fortnight or so before the Dalai La...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1933
Extent:
1 item

1523. Photo 1112/5(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(148)
Title:
The last photograph of the late Dalai Lama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Duplicate of print 147. Subjects = Bell Collection; Dalai Lama; religious leaders; Tibetan rulers Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1933
Extent:
1 item

1524. Photo 1112/5(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(149)
Title:
The last photograph of the late Dalai Lama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Duplicate of print 147. Subjects = Bell Collection; Dalai Lama; religious leaders; Tibetan rulers Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1933
Extent:
1 item

1525. Photo 1112/5(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(150)
Title:
Woollen cloth, after being woven, being done up into a bundle. At Pen-jor Lhun-po [the Palha estate near Gyantse]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three women, with traditional head-dresses, packing wool. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; head-dresses; textiles; women; wool Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1526. Photo 1112/5(151)

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Photo 1112/5(151)
Title:
Gyan-tsen on highest point of Pa-lha house. Cylindrical, five to six feet high. It is a sign that the owner has, or had, a copy of the Kan-gyur in the house. Possibly it was looted during the fighting with the British or Chinese. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The Kan-gyur is the Buddhist canon, 'The Translated Commandments'. Subjects = Bell Collection; Gyan-tsen (Tibetan religious object); religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1527. Photo 1112/5(152)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(152)
Title:
Incense burner on roof of Pen-jor Lhun-po [Pahla estate near Gyantse]. Six feet high. made of stone and mud. The incense is put inside the hole in the upper part. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; incense; incense burners; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1528. Photo 1112/5(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(153)
Title:
Swastika in whitewash on wall of Pen-jor Lhun-po [Palha family estate near Gyantse].. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'This is an auspicious sign which gives durability to the house. Above it, in whitewash, the sun and moon which raise the house and household up towards their own high level. Above this again an old set of sticks from which the prayer flags have been blown off; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1529. Photo 1112/5(154)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(154)
Title:
Woman spinning woollen thread on roof of Pen-jor Lhun-po [Palha estate near Gyantse]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; spinning; textiles; Tibetan architecture; wool Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1530. Photo 1112/5(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(155)
Title:
Women in Pen-jor Lhun-po grinding the sticks from which the dark red dye (tso in Tibetan, Manjith in Hindi) is taken [Palha estate near Gyantse]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of women at work in courtyard. Subjects = Bell Collection; dyeing; Tibetan architecture Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item