Two monk policemen in Ta-shi Lhun-po Monastery with rods and leathern thongs for beating unruly monks. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of the two men. Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
A school in Ta-shi Lhun-po Monastery. A monk (centre) is teaching them. At present the pupils are learning to write neatly. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Pupils and teacher seated in courtyard. Subjects = Bell Collection; education; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism); schools Location = Tashi-lhunpo; Tibet
Woman in Shi-ga-tse market selling incense, incense twigs (right centre foreground) and two baskets of incense dust (left foreground). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Woman seated among baskets of her wares. Subjects = Bell Collection; incense; markets Location = Shigatse; Tibet
Guru (left) of Indian monk, Raghubir, from Simla. The Indian monk stands by his side holding a pot of holy water with a peacock's feather in it. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the two monks. Location unspecified. Subjects = Bell Collection; gurus; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)