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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1112 Level [41] Item

181. Photo 1112/1(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(165)
Title:
Two gigantic pictures, embroidered on silk, on the walls of the Potala, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Potala Palace from the south, with the two images hanging from the centre of the building. '...Of the present and coming Buddhas at Ser-treng ceremony. The two pictures...are some three hundred years old. Procession of monks (middle ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

182. Photo 1112/1(166)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(166)
Title:
Large silk embroidery picture of Buddha at Kung-tang Monastery, several hundred years old. Made when the monastery was founded. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Banner with Buddha image hanging from walls of monastery. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

183. Photo 1112/1(167)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(167)
Title:
Gigantic silk embroidered Buddha images hanging from the south wall of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, during the Setreng Ceremony. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Closer view of the banners seen in print 165. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); Sertreng Ceremony Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

184. Photo 1112/1(168)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(168)
Title:
Chinese bell in the Kesar Lhakhang in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; temple bells Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

185. Photo 1112/1(169)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(169)
Title:
PRINT UNTRACED.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

186. Photo 1112/1(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(170)
Title:
Tong-den cutting up corpse for feeding to vultures, outside Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

187. Photo 1112/1(171)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(171)
Title:
Corpse being carried away for the last rites by two tong-den, with ceremonial scarves placed on sack containing remains, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography The corpse, sewn up in a sack made from yak hair with a khata on top is being carried away to the disposal ground by two tong-den, the hereditary performers of this task. (Tibet Past and Present, p. 183). Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

188. Photo 1112/1(172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(172)
Title:
Corpses laid out ready for cutting up, outside Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two corpses awaiting dismemberment. Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

189. Photo 1112/1(173)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(173)
Title:
Tra-yer-pa Monastery near Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'We were put up in the large white building, just to the right of the tall pole, three-quarters of the way up to it. See verandah at top of it.' Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1921
Extent:
1 item

190. Photo 1112/1(174)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(174)
Title:
Tra-yer-pa Monastery near Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Slightly distant view of monastery buildings on hillside. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1921
Extent:
1 item