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1741. Photo 1112/2(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(151)
Title:
Prayers, written mostly on paper, but some on cloth, hung from an old willow tree near the bank of the Kyi Chu. Such prayers are known as 'Wind Horses' (Lung-ta). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography With woman standing beside tree. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer papers; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

1742. Photo 1112/2(172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(172)
Title:
House, painted red above and white below, built over cave at Tra Yer-pa, where Atisha lived for a year or so. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking up hillside towards buildings. Atisha was an Indian Buddhist sage who visited Tibet in the 11th century. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Tibet; Trayerpa
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

1743. Photo 1112/6(122)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(122)
Title:
Busy Tibetan woman spinning her woollen thread on the desolate approach to the Ka-ro La. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking across stream towards woman. Subjects = Bell Collection; spinning; textiles; wool Location = Karo La; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

1744. Photo 1112/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(45)
Title:
Norbu Lingka in right middle distance, Dekyi Lingka in left middle distance, our house on extreme left, river in background [Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

1745. Photo 1112/1(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(126)
Title:
Students at the Government College (Tsi-khang), Lhasa, watching the gun and arrow shooting. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

1746. Photo 1112/1(135)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(135)
Title:
Spectators at the Ache Lhamo at Norbu Lingka, Lhasa, with corner of stage in foreground. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Spectators at the religious drama/opera in the park of the Dalai Lama's country palace outside Lhasa. For a description of the Ache Lhamo, see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 97-99. Subjects = Ache Lhamo (Tibetan re...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

1747. Photo 1112/1(142)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(142)
Title:
Lesser officials at gun and arrow shooting in foreground. Councillors, Dukes, etc., in tent on right, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Another copy at print 391. Subjects = archery; Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); sports Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

1748. Photo 1112/1(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(150)
Title:
Spectators at the races, Lhasa, with Dalai Lama's pulpit in the Jokhang in the background. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Index refers to Bell's diary VIII, 91. Subjects = Bell Collection; races; sports; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

1749. Photo 1112/1(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(151)
Title:
The Dalai Lama's Ache Lhamo, Lhasa. Scene from a play in which yaks are represented. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Drama in progress in stone courtyard, with spectators in background. Index refers to Bell's diary entry for August 1921. See also print 153. Subjects = Ache Lhamo (Tibetan religious drama); Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); theatrical...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1921
Extent:
1 item

1750. Photo 1112/1(171)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/1(171)
Title:
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
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item