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

581. Photo 1112/2(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(139)
Title:
Paper manufacture at Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Women at work by a stream, with paper-making frame. Subjects = arts & crafts; Bell Collection; occupations; paper making; papermakers Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

582. Photo 1112/2(140)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(140)
Title:
Images of Buddha given to me by Dalai Lama. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bronze Buddha images. Subjects = Bell Collection; bronzeware; Buddha images; metalware; Tibetan sculpture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

583. Photo 1112/2(141)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(141)
Title:
Carpet weaver, Tibet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; carpet making; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

584. Photo 1112/2(142)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(142)
Title:
Tibetan metal workers making sacred butter lamp (cho-khung) for use in chapels. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women at work turning metal on a hand-powered lathe. Subjects = Bell Collection; metal workers; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

585. Photo 1112/2(143)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(143)
Title:
Repairing earthen pots at Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; pottery Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

586. Photo 1112/2(144)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(144)
Title:
Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa engraving a silver charm box (ka-u), with his children: PRINT MISSING.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

587. Photo 1112/2(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(145)
Title:
Carpet weavers, Tibet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two carpet weavers seated at their looms. Subjects = Bell Collection; carpet making; looms; occupations; weaving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

588. Photo 1112/2(146)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(146)
Title:
Tibetan woman weaving. Tea being boiled on left. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Woman at work at her loom. Subjects = Bell Collection; looms; occupations; weaving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

589. Photo 1112/2(147)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(147)
Title:
Corpses awaiting cutting up [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of the disposal ground where corpses are cut up and left for the vultures. In this view one body lies on the ground, with two more still wrapped in sacking to one side. The corpse, if of a member of the upper classes, is taken to the disposal ground (tur-t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

590. Photo 1112/2(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(148)
Title:
Cutting up corpses [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Corpse in the process of being cut up, with two more (one still wrapped) awaiting attention. This appears to be the same occasion as depicted in print 147, taken a little further on in the proceedings. Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item