Ferry at Ger-pa Tru under way. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Similar to print 441a, but slightly more distant, the ferry in mid-stream. Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Ger-pa Tru; Tibet; Tsangpo (river)
Tibetan travellers, husband and wife, travelling along the bank of the Nyang Chu near Sa-ma-da. Husband carries small son, wife carries their belongings including food, which consists of barley-flour and dried meat. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of the fmily, posed beside river. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans; travelling Location = Samada; Tibet
Tibetan doctor in Chumbi Valley feeling a woman's pulse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'On the small table in front of him is a leather bag holding his medicines which are kept in small bags, some of leather some of cloth; between the bag and the table is a cloth of square checks: the leather bag should nbe placed directly on the table, otherwise...
Five large chotens near west gate of Ta-shi Lhun-po Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards group of chortens, with tethered yaks in foreground. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist); yaks Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
Drong-tse Monastery (left) from across Nyang Chu near Tak-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view from across the Nyang river. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; river scenes Location = Drongtse; Nyang Chu (river); Tibet
A hermit in attitude of meditation [at Nyang-to Kyi-puk Hermitage?]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated cross-legged in meditation. Subjects = Bell Collection; hermits; meditation; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Nyang-to Kyi-pu; Tibet
Lepcha woman from Kankibong in Kalimpong subdivision (half-length portrait). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of smiling woman. 'Headdress is hand-woven cloth, yellow and soiled white of same texture as that of a Lepcha chadar. Earring of silver, necklace of stones with silver rings interspersed among them. One long necklace of four-anna bits. On c...