Part of the crowd at the Kalimpong Mela in December 1933. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto section of the crowd gathered in the bazaar at Kalimpong for the mela or fair. Subjects = bazaars; Bell Collection; fairs; melas
Two Ge-luk-pa [Yellow Hat] monks from Dre-pung (Go-mang College) on the motor road half a mile below Kalimpong village. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'They are going on pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya and to the Yam-bu Cho-ten near Katmandu. They will go by train from Siliguri. The darker man (right) seems to be the servant of the other. Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; pilgrims; religion; religion (Buddhism)
A roadside vendor, a Tamang woman. She sits by the motor-road below the Elza Lodge, placing her goods on an upturned box and on the road by the side of it. On the box are cigarettes, on the ground to the right are oranges and guaves. A girl sits with her Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography At Kalimpong. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; occupations; street traders; Tamangs
Dewan Bahadur Pa-lhe-se's Tibetan servant, Gyang-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length standing portrait. '...dressed in short coat (stod-thung, i.e. short upper), of dark red Tibetan cloth and red Tibetan trousers of the same material (gos thung). Below this he is wearing Tibetan red boots [not visible], worn by ordinary villagers. H...