Prayer flags on willow trees by the Nyang Chu at Gyang-tse. The strips are of cotton and the prayers stamped on them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Prayer flags on willow trees by the Nyang Chu at Gyang-tse. The strips are of cotton and the prayers stamped on them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to print 142. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Monk, showing sacred pictures and explaining them to passers-by from a book which he holds in his hand. He points out the different images, etc., with a long thin iron rod. A dozen or more such monks sit thus each evening in Gyang-tse town. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious instruction Location = Gyantse; Tibet
The last photograph of the late Dalai Lama. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, Nga-wang Lop-sang Tup-den Gya-tso (1876-1933). Copy print: 'The original is said to have been taken by one of the Nepalese photographers in Lhasa by the Dalai Lama's order a fortnight or so before the Dalai La...