Beggars at Dza-ra. The women of the party are cooking the food, using bellows of sheepskin. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group seated round fire in valley. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; food and drink; food preparation Location = Dza-ra; Tibet
Beggars at Dza-ra. The women of the party are cooking the food, using bellows of sheepskin. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 136a, but from a different angle. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; food and drink; food preparation Location = Dza-ra; Tibet
Man of the party of beggars at Dza-ra playing the mandolin. The small boy in front is being taught to dance in the approved beggar style. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; music; musical instruments Location = Dza-ra; Tibet
Man of the party of beggars at Dza-ra playing the mandolin. The small boy in front is being taught to dance in the approved beggar style. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 138, but a closer view of the musician and child. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; music; musical instruments Location = Dza-ra; Tibet
Chief of the beggars at Dza-ra, seated on the ground smoking a Chinese pipe and watching the musician and dancing child. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Small, square format print. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; music; musical instruments Location = Dza-ra; Tibet
Chief of the beggars at Dza-ra, filling his pipe. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated on the ground. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; rites and customs; tobacco Location = Dza-ra; Tibet