A servant at Rin-chen-ling making a boot for himself. He is doing the side with woollen thread. On his forefinger is a wooden thimble open at the end. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length portrait, seated on a rock. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; occupations; servants; shoemakers; Tibetans Location = Rinchenling; Tibet
Drong-tse Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of monastery buildings. Some vignetting in sky area. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Drongtse; Tibet
Kitchen tent of yak-hair at Nor-bu Kyung-tse. Tse-ring sitting in front drinking tea, cook standing behind. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Figures posed at entrance to tent. Subjects = Bell Collection; camps; food and drink; tents Location = Norbu Kyungtse; Tibet
Kitchen tent of yak-hair at Nor-bu Kyung-tse. Tse-ring standing at entrance, with local Tibetans standing on the left. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; camps; food and drink; tents Location = Norbu Kyungtse; Tibet
Chapel in Ne-sar Monastery, showing the roof only, which is of tiles, copied from Nepal and so from India, showing the extreme age of this chapel and monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of section of pantiled roof, in extreme disrepair. 'The Um-dez (head monk) says that this chapel is the one built by Ti-song De-tsen, but the local people think it is the first chapel, the one built by Song-tsen Gam-po.' Subjects = architectural ele...
Chapel in Ne-sar Monastery, showing the roof only, which is of tiles, copied from Nepal and so from India, showing the extreme age of this chapel and monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography A more general view of the roof. Subjects = architectural elements; Bell Collection; chapels; monasteries; roofs; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist); tiles Location = Nesar; Tibet