Stag (cervus thoroldi) and hind at Reting Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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'Young stag, the horns still in velvet, and hind outside Reting Monastery. These are Cervus Thoroldi, perhaps never before seen by a white man. They are found in the Chang-tang and in the vicinity of Reting, but not near Lhasa nor south of Lhasa.' Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; deer; Tho...
Reting Monastery, the administrative portion Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up hillside towards buildings: 'The administrative portion (Labrang), in its wood of juniper trees, 14,000 ft. above sea level. Our rooms were those on the top storey on the extreme left. In this part of the monastery are kept stores of food, clothi...
Monks' dwellings at Reting Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the cluster of monks' houses on the hillside: 'The walls are of stone below and sun-dried brick above. Flat roofs of stone and slate covered with earth and the whole supported by wooden beams.' Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan a...