Pe-nam Dzong, showing connected buildings on the ridge to the right of it. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from below, looking up towards the fort on the skyline. Subjects = Bell Collection; dzongs; forts Location = Penam; Tibet
A house in Pe-nam village. Note the prayer flag on the corners of the roof. Strips of cotton cloth, white and other colours, are attached to sticks. The walls are of mud-bricks, sun-dried, on a low foundation of stones. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer flags; private houses; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Penam; Tibet
A house in Pe-nam village. Note the prayer flag on the corners of the roof. Strips of cotton cloth, white and other colours, are attached to sticks. The walls are of mud-bricks, sun-dried, on a low foundation of stones. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 338a. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer flags; private houses; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture Location = Penam; Tibet
A large stack of hay on the roof of a house in Pe-nam. It hangs down the wall to the ground; there is, however, no road here, so that ponies cannot drag it away and eat it. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; incense; prayer flags; private houses; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture Location = Penam; Tibet
Ku-sho Kyi-buk and family taken on the roof of his house. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Right to left, Ku-sho Kyi-buk, his wife seated with four of the children, i.e. three sons and one daughter, the latter being at the bottom on the right. Behind is a maid-servant wearing the Lhasa headdress and holding the youngest son on her left shoulder. On extrem...