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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1112 Material Type Photographs

591. Photo 1112/2(146)

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Photo 1112/2(146)
Title:
Tibetan woman weaving. Tea being boiled on left. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Woman at work at her loom. Subjects = Bell Collection; looms; occupations; weaving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

592. Photo 1112/2(147)

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Photo 1112/2(147)
Title:
Corpses awaiting cutting up [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of the disposal ground where corpses are cut up and left for the vultures. In this view one body lies on the ground, with two more still wrapped in sacking to one side. The corpse, if of a member of the upper classes, is taken to the disposal ground (tur-t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

593. Photo 1112/2(148)

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Photo 1112/2(148)
Title:
Cutting up corpses [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Corpse in the process of being cut up, with two more (one still wrapped) awaiting attention. This appears to be the same occasion as depicted in print 147, taken a little further on in the proceedings. Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

594. Photo 1112/2(149)

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Photo 1112/2(149)
Title:
Corpses placed ready for cutting up [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

595. Photo 1112/2(150)

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Photo 1112/2(150)
Title:
Corpse-cutting platform (Tur-tro) at Tra Yer-pa, where the corpses of the monks are cut up and given to the birds. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of the disposal area, which in this case consists of 'a flattened piece of ground, somewhat larger than a man's body, floored with slabs of slate. A small slab stood vertically in the ground; to it the dead monk's head was secured, while pieces of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

596. Photo 1112/2(151)

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Photo 1112/2(151)
Title:
Prayers, written mostly on paper, but some on cloth, hung from an old willow tree near the bank of the Kyi Chu. Such prayers are known as 'Wind Horses' (Lung-ta). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography With woman standing beside tree. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer papers; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

597. Photo 1112/2(152)

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Photo 1112/2(152)
Title:
Ta-lung Monastery, 45 miles north of Lhasa: PRINT MISSING.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

598. Photo 1112/2(153)

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Photo 1112/2(153)
Title:
Entrance to our rooms in Ta-lung Monastery. Kennedy, Sha-sur on steps, Norbhu below on right. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 45 miles north of Lhasa. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ta-lung; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

599. Photo 1112/2(154)

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Photo 1112/2(154)
Title:
Nun grazing cattle near Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Woman with two cows. Subjects = agricultural labour; agriculture; Bell Collection; cattle; livestock; nuns; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

600. Photo 1112/2(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(155)
Title:
Blue image of Drol-ma in Dzam-trang. Note man at the foot. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Massive relief sculpture (in clay?) of the seated goddess Drol-ma (the Deliverer). With protective stone wall built around image. Subjects = Bell Collection; rock-cut sculpture; Tibetan sculpture Location = Dzam-trang; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item