Ge-kö (Dge-bskos) of the Bor che chi Sum Monastery near Ha-ting Sum, in his yurt. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait. Bell's caption note continues: 'In front of him is the bowl from which he makes offerings to the deities, grains of rice or of barley, but not of wheat; thus Mongols follow the Tibetan custom. Below, a shallow dish of wheaten cakes baked ...
Chagan Küren Suma (White Court temple). Mongol woman [women] with children sitting outside a yurt. The small boy disapproves of the camera. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two women with two children seated in front of a yurt. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Chagan Küren Suma (White Court temple). Mongol family, women and children. The woman on the left is Yang-chen-ma, Larson's house-parlourmaid. Does the washing also. Often there twelve or more of us in the house, so she worked hard. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, standing in front of a yurt. Duplicate negative only, no print.