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032-003174063 Material Type Photographs

2141. Photo 1112/6(221)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(221)
Title:
One of the four large chotens in the Sam-ye temple enclosure. This is the one known as the 'Black Choten', but is actually slate-coloured. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); monasteries; stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2142. Photo 1112/6(226)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(226)
Title:
Five miles out of Sam-ye. The five chotens of the five Brahmans who came with Padma Sambhava. A single choten. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up the hillside towards one of the five chortens. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1934
Extent:
1 item

2143. Photo 1112/6(227)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(227)
Title:
Five miles out of Sam-ye. The five chotens of the five Brahmans who came with Padma Sambhava. Two chotens close together. These and the one in print 226 are near each other. The two in print 225 are a good deal further off. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1934
Extent:
1 item

2144. Photo 1112/6(231)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(231)
Title:
Rock in the Tsang-po, showing also the river and the mountains on the further side. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; river scenes Location = Tibet; Tsangpo (river); Tsangpo Valley
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2145. Photo 1112/6(233)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(233)
Title:
The narrowest possible track on the steepest possible sandslope, as nearly precipitous as sand lying on itself can be. Some 200 ft. to the bottom of this semi-precipice, and hundreds of feet above. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of figure walking across sandslope. 'We were foolish enough to ride over it, but it was very hot. A man walking on it.' Location unspecified. Small, square format print. Subjects = Bell Collection; landscape features; travelling
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2146. Photo 1112/6(238)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(238)
Title:
A woman standing in the entrance doorway of her courtyard, with a winnowing basket hanging down from her hand. She has been winnowing, but stopped to gaze at the photographer. The door is of wood. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Location unspecified. Subjects = agriculture; barley; Bell Collection; crops; winnowing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2147. Photo 1112/6(259)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(259)
Title:
Mules seen in print 258 emerging from the Tsang-po after being pulled across the river on ropes. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; mules; pack animals; river scenes Location = Sing-ma Kang Chung; Tibet; Tsangpo (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2148. Photo 1112/6(260)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(260)
Title:
Mules at 'The Little House of Quiet' (Sing-ma Kang Chung) ferry, carrying sheepskins to be sold in India. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Caravan of laden mules waiting with their drivers at the riverbank. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; caravans; mules; pack animals Location = Sing-ma Kang Chung; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2149. Photo 1112/6(267)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(267)
Title:
Two Tibetan postal runners carrying the Tibetan (not Indian) post between Gyang-tse and Gob-shi. One of the two carries also the carcase of a sheep for a friend of his. The Tibetan mail is so light that he is able to do this. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of the two postal runners. Subjects = Bell Collection; dak runners; mail services; postal runners Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2150. Photo 1112/6(309)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(309)
Title:
A woman donkey-driver. She wears the Tsang headdress, and yak-rope hair hangs on her back. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Rear view of woman driver. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; donkeys; muleteers; occupations; pack animals; travelling Location = Kangmar; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item