Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 1112 / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(20)
Title:: [Two monks: not listed in Bell's index.] Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); monks; priests; religion; religion (Buddhism); rosaries
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(21)
Title:: Tibetan girls kicking shuttle with side of foot in game known as 'Thepi' in Nepalese, and 'Te-pe' in Tibetan. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; recreations
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(22)
Title:: Tibetan girls kicking shuttle with side of foot in game known as 'Thepi' in Nepalese, and 'Te-pe' in Tibetan. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The girl on the right - next to the small boy - has just kicked the shuttle which can just be dimly seen at the right hand bottom corner of the window, crossing to the girl on the left, who is preparing to kick it back again. The shuttle is made of cock's feat...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(23)
Title:: Rai Bahadur Dzasa Nor-bhu Dhon-dup, head and shoulders, full face. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography 'The robe is of green Chinese brocade. Long earring in left ear of same kind as that worn by Dewan Bahadur Palhese. Hat of black velvet. Turquoise on ring in right ear.' Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(24)
Title:: Rai Bahadur Dzasa Nor-bhu Dhon-dup, half-length, full face. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Similar to print 23, but showing more of the upper half of his robe. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(25)
Title:: Two Tibetan turning prayer barrels in verandah of monastery above Kalimpong, the monastery in which the ge-she of Tro-mo lives. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The man in front is dressed in European clothes which he has picked up cheap in a second-hand clothes shop. He came to Kalimpong two or three years ago and has lived there since. He sells articles of wearing apparel, especially Tibetan garters and Tibetan wais...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(26)
Title:: Another view of prayer barrels at the monastery outside Kalimpong, with three women turning them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'They have put up prayer flags and burnt incense in the precincts of the monastery and are now turning all the prayer barrels once, after which they will go away, having completed their religious duty.' Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; prayer barrels;...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(27)
Title:: Tibetan man putting up prayer flags in the precincts of the monastery above Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography This is the man seen in European dress turning the prayer barrels in print 25: 'After doing this and burning incense, he proceeds to the verandah and turns the prayer barrels, as seen in print 25. This action in fact precedes that in print 25.' Subjects = Bel...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(28)
Title:: Two women with a man putting up prayer flags in the precincts of the monastery above Kalimpong and burning incense, after which they will turn the prayer barrels in the monastery. The incense smoke has dimmed the womens' faces. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; incense; monasteries; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(29)
Title:: Four Tibetan beggars carrying loads containing blankets for their bedding, copper cooking pots, wooden eating bowls, tents of white cotton (not yak hair) and bamboo tent poles. Returning to Tibet from Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographed miles beyond Kalimpong Bazaar on the road to Pedong. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

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