Tibetans cutting up a dead body. Photographer: Macdonald, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of three of the Tong-den cutting up a corpse preparatory to feeding the pieces to the vultures. Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs
Breaking the bones of a corpse with knife (background) and stone (foreground figure). Monk keeping off birds with a stick. Disposal ground outside Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs Location = Lhasa; Tibet
The Tong-den distributing the flesh to the vultures; monk helping to keep the birds off. Disposal ground outside Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs; vultures Location = Lhasa; Tibet