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571. Photo 1112/5(219)

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Photo 1112/5(219)
Title:
Pillar (but this not the right word) on one of the top corners of Cham-pa's Temple, Ta-shi Lhun-po. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Bell Collection; pavilions; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

572. Photo 1112/5(233)

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Photo 1112/5(233)
Title:
Monks feeding dogs at Ta-shi Lhun-po as an act of spiritual merit. This photo shows the dogs being called. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Monk surrounded by dogs. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; dogs; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

573. Photo 1112/5(234)

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Photo 1112/5(234)
Title:
Monks feeding dogs at Ta-shi Lhun-po as an act of spiritual merit. This photo shows the dogs being called. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Similar to print 233. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; dogs; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

574. Photo 1112/5(341)

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Photo 1112/5(341)
Title:
Ku-sho Kyi-buk and family taken in the garden of his house. A man-servant standing at each end. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan office holders
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

575. Photo 1112/5(343)

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Photo 1112/5(343)
Title:
An inmate in one of the cells in the hermitage known as 'The Caves of Happiness' (Nyang To Kyi-puk). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Only the hands of the hermit are visible on the window-sill: 'As a rule, no part of these cell dwellers is ever seen, but on this occasion my Indian photographer - through the kind offices of the Head Lama, a lad of 14 - was privileged to see his hands working his rosary. He has been in this cel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

576. Photo 1112/5(351)

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Photo 1112/5(351)
Title:
Women at work on verandahs on first floor of Pen-jor Lhun-po House [Palha estate near Gyantse]. They are weaving, spinning, etc. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'At the right is a tall loom, 15 ft. high, at which two women work together, for it is rather broad. In left foreground a small child sits in a shallow, wooden tub, where his mother has placed him to be out of harm's way while she is working. A dog is playing w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

577. Photo 1112/5(362)

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Photo 1112/5(362)
Title:
Prayers for the crops: group at the end of the service. On the left, one of the three girl luck-bringers (pa-mo), is standing by a mounted man. She will be lifted up behind him to be taken away home. She wears a headdress of cardboard. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious services
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

578. Photo 1112/5(465)

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Photo 1112/5(465)
Title:
Top portion and roof of Cho-kyong's Temple at Sam-ye, view from the left. The entrance to the Breath House (U-kang) is below (bottom centre). Religious emblems, cloth and gilt, on roof. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Bell Collection; doorways; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

579. Photo 1112/5(169)

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Photo 1112/5(169)
Title:
Frescoes on the roof of Pal-kor Cho-de Monastery at Gyang-tse, depicting scenes in the previous lives of the Buddha (jatakas). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Large Buddha image. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; frescoes; monasteries; paintings and drawings; religious images Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

580. Photo 1112/5(349)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(349)
Title:
Pen-jor Lhun-po house, near Gyang-tse, where we lived for about a month. The top right-hand window is in our sitting-room. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of complex of buildings. 'To the right is the small lingka, where Harnett always slept in a tent; he refused to sleep in the house as it was rather smelly. Trees at the back of the sitting-room and lingka partially screening the house from Gyang-tse...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item