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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1112 Material Type Photographs

1431. Photo 1112/5(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(50)
Title:
Tibetan prayer flags outside the monastery at Kalimpong, which can be seen behind. Among the flags stands one of the monks. The flag-posts are of bamboo, the cloths are from Japan and are of white colour with the prayers stamped on them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1432. Photo 1112/5(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(51)
Title:
Woman turning prayer cylinder in Kalimpong monastery near the cart road. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'She pulls the wheel under the square box covered with Tibetan paintings, the rod attached to the wheel goes throught he box and the cylinder containing the prayers can be seen above the box.' Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer cylinders; religion; religion (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1433. Photo 1112/5(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(52)
Title:
Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel and rosary. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The former has a copper container for the prayers with brass bands, brass cover and brass chain. The knob at the end of the chain is of lead. Handle of wood, rosary of beads of conch shell. The prayer wheel is a very old one.' Subjects = Bell Collection; pra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1434. Photo 1112/5(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(53)
Title:
Close view of the prayer wheel seen in print 52. At the top of the handle is a bone ring. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer wheels; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1435. Photo 1112/5(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(54)
Title:
The same prayer wheel open. Inside can be seen the cloth cover which encloses the rolled strips of paper on which the prayers are stamped. In this wheel the paper is rolled round and round many times. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer wheels; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1436. Photo 1112/5(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(55)
Title:
Kalimpong town, the nearer portion being the Tibetan quarter. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking down onto the town from the adjoining hillside. Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1437. Photo 1112/5(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(56)
Title:
The market-place in Kalimpong, showing the stalls. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bazaars; Bell Collection; markets
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1438. Photo 1112/5(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(57)
Title:
Section of the market at Kalimpong, with traders in the foreground. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bazaars; Bell Collection; markets
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1439. Photo 1112/5(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(58)
Title:
Muleteers eating their midday meal near Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tibetan group of three men, a woman and a child seated on ground. 'The two men on the left are drinking tea. Further to the left is the long bamboo jar used for drinking the Sikkimese beer. The man on the right is smoking a cigarette, a thing that he would be l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1440. Photo 1112/5(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(59)
Title:
Woman turning prayer cylinder in Kalimpong monastery near the cart road. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Same subject as print 51. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer cylinders; 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