Gu-shin Suma. Monks preparing offerings to be used by a Living Buddha (Trül-ku) in his worship (zhen-don). The offerings are butter lamps, tormas, etc. The Living Buddha, a high one from Am-do — we met him — is seated inside the adjoining building. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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View looking towards the open-sided tent adjoining one of the monastery buildings, with monks preparing the offerings beneath the canopy. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Gu-shin Suma. Residence of god of the district. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards a cairn, surmounted by poles to which extracts from sacred books are attached. This is similar to the obo seen in neg. 331. See also neg. 556.With a young boy posed in front of the structure. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Chahar Mongol man with child. On the man's chest is a packet containing extracts from the Buddhist scriptures. Different extracts protect against different ills, may be of sickness, may be of other calamities. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of a Mongolian man, posed with the child seen in other photographs in this series. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Chahar Mongol soldier with dog. He wears puttees, and round his neck the packet of charms which protects against all ills, including the bullets of the enemy. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a Mongolian soldier, holding a watch dog by the neck. Duplicate negative only, no print.
A solicitation for donations towards the repair of the Tōji 東寺 Temple, Kyoto by the monk Yūhon 宥本. Dated Eishō 15 [1518]. Colophon at end of scroll: 永正一五九月 沙門宥本敬白. Dedication by Ninagawa Noritane at beginning of scroll: 明治一〇年九月英國ロンドン博物館へ之を納る 日本東京 蜷川式胤. British Museum note attached to beginni...
Chutens [chortens] near Rinchingong. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a group of chortens, with three figures posed in front of the structures. Another copy at Photo 1084/1 (15), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]).
Rock carved with Bhuddist [sic] figures [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the circumabulatory road, festooned with prayer flags and with the rock face on the right carved with Buddha images and other religious motifs. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (30), in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the captio...
No. 99. Mengoon. Small bell in front of Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography The bell hangs from a wooden post supported between two stone pillars with onion-domed capitals. With India Museum wetstamp (unnumbered) and signed on the print 'L. Tripe'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (99).
No. 112. Rangoon. Henzas on the East side of the [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of henza posts set among small pagodas in the Shwe Dagon. Letterpress continues: 'These, painted in bright colours diapered with gold and silver (traces of which still remain) must have had a very gay appearance. Henza staves are attached to all pag...