Blacksmiths at work in Lhasa Arsenal. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Row of blacksmiths seated on verandah of building with their tools. Subjects = Bell Collection; blacksmiths; ethnic groups; occupations; Tibetans Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Blacksmiths at work in Lhasa Arsenal. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 163. Subjects = Bell Collection; blacksmiths; ethnic groups; occupations; Tibetans Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Two gigantic pictures, embroidered on silk, on the walls of the Potala, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Potala Palace from the south, with the two images hanging from the centre of the building. '...Of the present and coming Buddhas at Ser-treng ceremony. The two pictures...are some three hundred years old. Procession of monks (middle ...
Large silk embroidery picture of Buddha at Kung-tang Monastery, several hundred years old. Made when the monastery was founded. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Banner with Buddha image hanging from walls of monastery. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Gigantic silk embroidered Buddha images hanging from the south wall of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, during the Setreng Ceremony. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Closer view of the banners seen in print 165. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); Sertreng Ceremony Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Corpse being carried away for the last rites by two tong-den, with ceremonial scarves placed on sack containing remains, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography The corpse, sewn up in a sack made from yak hair with a khata on top is being carried away to the disposal ground by two tong-den, the hereditary performers of this task. (Tibet Past and Present, p. 183). Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites ...