Coracle of yak-hide (ko-wa), crossing the Nyang Chu at Gyang-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Slightly distant view of boat in mid-stream. Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Gyantse; Nyang Chu (river); Tibet
Coracle of yak-hide (ko-wa), crossing the Nyang Chu at Gyang-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to print 104 Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Gyantse; Nyang Chu (river); Tibet
A corner of Gyang-tse town. The dzong hill behind. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards houses, with two women passing in foreground. Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Monk and woman on horseback between Sa-ma-da and Do-chen. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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'Two of our dandywalas had a joint wife, whom they brought with them. She was not 'on the strength'; if she had been admitted thus, we should have been flooded out with followers. So she has to walk the marches, and on the cold windy march of 27 miles from Sa-ma-da to Do-chen she is tired. Meeti...
Entrance to Tibetan room, across the Nyang Chu from Shi-ga-tse, but not far away. It is used by the Moslems of Shi-ga-tse, who are few in number, as a mosque. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards carved wood doorway: 'The room is bare and unfurnished, but the pillars and beams are painted in Tibetan style, and the whole architecture is Tibetan.' Subjects = architectural elements; Bell Collection; doorways; mosques; Tibetan architec...