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040-003174064 Material Type Photographs

191. Photo 1112/1(146)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(146)
Title:
Spectators at the 'Heavenly Arrows' competition, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View across courtyard, with spectators in foreground and on roof of verandah of building. The 'Sky Archery' is described in Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 58-59. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; rel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

192. Photo 1112/1(275)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(275)
Title:
View across Kyi Chu from Chakpori, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across valley towards mountains. Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

193. Photo 1112/1(278)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(278)
Title:
Author [Charles Bell] with private servants at Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Bell seated, with servants standing behind. Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

194. Photo 1112/1(289a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(289a)
Title:
Buriat Lama (right) and Tibetan Postmaster General. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of the two men, also reproduced in Tibet Past and Present, p. 226: 'Russia's chief connexion with Tibet has been through her Buriat subjects. These are Mongolians whose territories have been annexed to the Trans-Baikal and irkutsk Governme...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

195. Photo 1112/1(289b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(289b)
Title:
Buriat Lama (right) and Tibetan Postmaster General. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Similar to print 289a, slightly different pose. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buriats; ethnic groups; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism); Tibetans Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

196. Photo 1112/1(291)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(291)
Title:
Some members of Ladakh (Lopchak) Mission to Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Formally posed group portrait: ' There are also in Lhasa some two or three hundred Mahomedans from Ladakh, the north-eastern province of Kashmir. A few of these are descendants of the prisoners captured from Zorwar Singh's army. The latter were allowed to retur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item

197. Photo 1112/1(305)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(305)
Title:
Men from the Po country, at Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group similarly posed to the women in print 304. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

198. Photo 1112/1(312)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(312)
Title:
Priests of the Pema-Yangtse Monastery in Sikkim. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of six priests. Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

199. Photo 1112/1(328)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(328)
Title:
Horsemen competing in the games in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Large group of horsemen gathered on the plain on the outskirts of Lhasa. Mountains in background. Another copy of this photograph at print 389. Subjects = Bell Collection; horse racing; sports Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item

200. Photo 1112/1(331)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(331)
Title:
Vultures eating the flesh of the corpses. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Probably outside Lhasa. 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