Tri-mon Shap-pe leaving for Eastern Tibet to take command of the Tibetan troops there. Photographer: Rosemeyer, Willoughby Patrick
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Genre: Historical Events Figure on horse (slightly blurred) surrounded by attendants. Presumably photographed at the time of the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Subjects = Bell Collection; military (general); military campaigns; Tibetan officials Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Monk soldiers who escorted the Dalai Lama from Phari on his return to Tibet from India in 1912. Photographer: Macdonald, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Large group of soldiers standing at roadside, with fields beyond. Subjects = Bell Collection; bodyguards; Dalai Lama; Tibetan army Location = Phari; Tibet
Fettered convict in Gyantse. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Convict in chains standing among street traders. Subjects = Bell Collection; convicts; crime and criminals Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Convicts in stocks in Potala Sho Prison, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Evidently taken on the same occasion as part 282 (44). Subjects = Bell Collection; convicts; crime and criminals; punishments; stocks Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Instrument for squeezing the fingers of criminals and persons accused of crimes [?Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Close view of contraption hanging from lintel of verandah. It consists of lengths of wood into which the fingers can be inserted before pressure is exerted to pull them together. Subjects = Bell Collection; crime and criminals; punishments Location = Lhasa; Tibet