Dor-je-tra Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of monastery buildings at base of hill. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Dorjetra; Tibet
Dor-je-tra Monastery, from across the Tsang-po, which was barely half a mile across here on 5th October. Large ferry boat crossing the river; in are Harnett and I with ponies, grooms, etc. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; local craft; monasteries; river scenes; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist); transport; water transport Location = Dorjetra; Tibet; Tsangpo (river)
Kong-kar Dzong below and Monastery just above it, from across tributary valley of the Tsang Po. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of fort and monastery, with river in foreground Subjects = Bell Collection; dzongs; forts; monasteries Location = Kong-kar; Tibet
Myself (Charles Bell) receiving ka-ta from Dzong-pon of Kong-kar on arriving at Kong-kar. D.B. Palhese standing on right. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Bell, seated on pony, being presented with a scarf. Subjects = Bell Collection; rites and customs; Tibetan office holders Location = Kong-kar; Tibet
Myself (Charles Bell) receiving ka-ta from Dzong-pon of Kong-kar on arriving at Kong-kar. D.B. Palhese standing on right. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Similar to print 479a. Subjects = Bell Collection; rites and customs; Tibetan office holders Location = Kong-kar; Tibet
My servants, photographed at Kong-kar. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait. 'Left to right, back row: head cook, kit-boy, head groom, laden butler, two tent-pitchers, Sirdar Tse-ring, Ten-dzin groom, two dandy-wallahs, Ali dandy-wala, Cham-pa; front row: under-cook, temporary dandywala, Pyne's servant (bitten by mastiff), tem...
My servants, except the dandywalas, at Kong-kar. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Left to right, back row: La-den, two tent-pitchers, Sirdar Tse-ring, head cook, Ten-dzin groom, kit-boy, the head groom; front row: under-cook, Cham-pa, Gye-lu, Pyne's servant, sweeper. Subjects = Bell Collection; servants Location = Kong-kar; Tibet
Cham-pa, a Tibetan lad from Ting-ri, in Tibet near Nepal-Tibet frontier, and near Mount Everest. Spoke mixture of the dialects of Tsang and Western Tibet. He was my bearer and chaprasi, and known to Tibetans as my Kim-pu, i.e. 'Room Boy'. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, standing on a small cairn of rocks. Subjects = Bell Collection; servants