Altar of chapel in house in Chumbi Valley, a trader's house. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of altar in the form of a cupboard with shelves holding various objects of veneration. In pride of place in the centre is a photograph of the Dalai Lama. A similar photograph at print 286. Subjects = altars; Bell Collection; interiors; private houses; rel...
Typical house in Chumbi Valley. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Two storey stone house, with roof set in two levels. Subjects = Bell Collection; private houses; Tibetan architecture Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet
Corner of bed-sitting room in trader's house in Chumbi Valley. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of bed in corner, with table and various pots and jugs. Subjects = Bell Collection; interiors; private houses; Tibetan architecture Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet
Restaurant booths at the gun and arrow shooting, Lhasa, selling cakes, biscuits and fruit. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing stalls and traders. The target shooting competitions take place during the ceremony known as 'The Gallop Behind the Fort': see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993, pp. 56-57. Subjects = Bell Collection; food and drink...
Various types of Tibetan food bag. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Collection of sacks arranged on ground: 'Back line, left to right: yak hair bag of barley flour, yak hair bag of barley, yak skin of rice; in front, six sheep skin bags of butter.' Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; food and drink; storage containers; yaks