Rai Bahadur Dzasa Nor-bhu Dhon-dup, head and shoulders, full face. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'The robe is of green Chinese brocade. Long earring in left ear of same kind as that worn by Dewan Bahadur Palhese. Hat of black velvet. Turquoise on ring in right ear.' Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; Tibetans
Yamdro Lake [Yamdrok Tso] from near Yarsik. High snow mountains in the background, the one to the right being Ku-la Kangri, over 25,000 feet, that to the left, a nearer one apparently of very great height. This latter is not marked on the maps. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; lakes; landscape features Location = Tibet; Yamdrok Tso
The country house of the Shatra family at Shatra O, showing part of its lingka [park] also. This is where we stayed when visiting Ganden Monastery.. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of house from outside perimeter wall, with mountains beyond. Subjects = Bell Collection; private houses; Tibetan architecture Location = Shatra O; Tibet
View looking across and down the Kyi Chu from Reting Monastery. Juniper trees in the foreground, elevation about 14,100 feet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along the river valley, with chortens in the foreground. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Reting; Tibet
Ragyapas' houses in Lhasa, made of horns of yaks, ordinary cattle and sheep. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography House of a Ragyapa, with a member of the community standing in front: 'There is a community of beggars in Lhasa, known as Ra-gya-pa. The walls of their huts are built with the horns of animals, yaks, other cattle, and sheep. They are the scavengers of the city....