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032-003174063 Material Type Photographs

2061. Photo 1112/3(369)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(369)
Title:
A nun (ma-ni-ma) showing pictures to passers-by on the road. From it she illustrates episodes from the life of Buddha. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Reproduced in John Clarke, 'Tibet Caught in Time' (Garnet, Reading, 1997), p. 67. Subjects = Bell Collection; nuns; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

2062. Photo 1112/5(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(44)
Title:
Tibetan girl playing the game of te-pe (thek-hphel). The shuttle is now in the air, half-way up. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; recreations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2063. Photo 1112/5(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(45)
Title:
Tibetan girl playing the game of te-pe (thek-hphel). The shuttle is now near the highest point of its flight. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; recreations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2064. Photo 1112/5(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(48)
Title:
The Lepcha man of print 47, with Lepcha bow and two arrows. The bow is split bamboo. The arrowas are of cane. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. Subjects = arms and armour; Bell Collection; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2065. Photo 1112/5(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(50)
Title:
Tibetan prayer flags outside the monastery at Kalimpong, which can be seen behind. Among the flags stands one of the monks. The flag-posts are of bamboo, the cloths are from Japan and are of white colour with the prayers stamped on them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; prayer flags; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2066. Photo 1112/5(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(60)
Title:
Tibetan bookseller with his books in Kalimpong market-place. The books are arranged on the ground in front of him. The Tibetan woman in the foreground is selling beads, small mirrors and Tibetan cheese made from yak's milk. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bazaars; Bell Collection; booksellers; markets; occupations; reading & writing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2067. Photo 1112/5(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(78)
Title:
Close view of image seen in print 77. The high priest says the image is of Gurn Rim-po-che (Padma Sambhava). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Close view of bronze image. Subjects = Bell Collection; interiors; monasteries; Pon; religion; Tibetan sculpture Location = Pumogang; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2068. Photo 1112/5(146)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(146)
Title:
Monk, showing sacred pictures and explaining them to passers-by from a book which he holds in his hand. He points out the different images, etc., with a long thin iron rod. A dozen or more such monks sit thus each evening in Gyang-tse town. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious instruction Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2069. Photo 1112/5(179)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(179)
Title:
Dewan Bahadur Palhese's wife and son riding on a pony. This was the way they travelled on their marches. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); head-dresses; horse riding; travelling
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2070. Photo 1112/5(180)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(180)
Title:
Dewan Bahadur Palhese's wife and son riding on a pony. This was the way they travelled on their marches. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Similar to print 179, but in landscape format. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); head-dresses; horse riding; travelling
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item