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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1112 Material Type Photographs

201. Photo 1112/1(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(184)
Title:
Burning the Tor-ma at the Tor-gya, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Figures written on the print identify the following structures: (1) The Tor-ma; 2) hut of marsh-grass in which Tor-ma is burnt; (3) similar hut, burnt at the same time. With a large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the event. Richardson defines the Tor-gya...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item

202. Photo 1112/1(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(185)
Title:
Some of the monks in one of the religious services at the Temple in the Prayer Festival, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Hugh Richardson, who reproduces this photograph in Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 24-25, titles it, 'Monks outside the Tsuklakhang during the Great Prayer.' The Tsuklakhang is the complex of religious and administrative buildings whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

203. Photo 1112/1(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(186)
Title:
Spectators at a service in the temple at Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

204. Photo 1112/1(187)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(187)
Title:
The two Rakashar Incarnations with mother and sister-in-law: PRINT MISSING.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

205. Photo 1112/1(188)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(188)
Title:
The 'Offerings of the Fifteenth'. Nechung's offering on right. On the 15th night of the prayer festival, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of a number of 'butter offerings', pyramidal structures decorated with coloured butter, being carried by the crowd. See Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 27-30. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; re...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

206. Photo 1112/1(189)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(189)
Title:
Tent of Councillors (left) and tents of other officers at 'The Gallop behind the Fort', Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

207. Photo 1112/1(190)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(190)
Title:
Rock paintings on the Lingkhor, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Buddha images, painted and in light relief, on rock face, with Tibetan man seated in front. The Lingkor is the outer circuit of Lhasa city. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; paintings and drawings; rock paintings Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

208. Photo 1112/1(191)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(191)
Title:
At Ganden Monastery. Dalai Lama's apartments under gilt canopy; to the right behind wooden balcony, those of Li Rimpoche. Walls of sun-dried brick, whitewashed. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards main building. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

209. Photo 1112/1(192a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(192a)
Title:
Ganden Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the monastery complex. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1921
Extent:
1 item

210. Photo 1112/1(192b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(192b)
Title:
Ganden Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 192a. Reproduced in Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), p. 114. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1921
Extent:
1 item