Woman carrying butter lamps to Pal-kor Chode [Monastery, Gyang-tse], on a holy day. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Rear view of group of women. Subjects = Bell Collection; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Beggars in Gyang-tse. Some are stooping and showing their tongues, the customary attitude when asking for alms. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of beggars on the highway. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; rites and customs; salutations Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Beggars in Gyang-tse. Some are stooping and showing their tongues, the customary attitude when asking for alms. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 277a, but a slightly closer view. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; rites and customs; salutations Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Beggars in Gyang-tse. Some are stooping and showing their tongues, the customary attitude when asking for alms. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to prints 277a-b. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; rites and customs; salutations Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Beggars in Gyang-tse. Some are stooping and showing their tongues, the customary attitude when asking for alms. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to prints 277a-b. Subjects = beggars; Bell Collection; rites and customs; salutations Location = Gyantse; Tibet
The Potala Palace, Lhasa, from the south, with edict pillar in the middle distance. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view. For closer views of the edict pillar, see prints 57 and 65. ('Tibet Past and Present', p. 3). Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Picture in Men-tsi-pa's dispensary at Lhasa showing omens and dreams seen by doctor and patient. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Photographic copy of painting: 'Top two rows are good omens; below and on right are bad omens; on left, dreams. In the centre is the patient with lines of vision along which he sees the dreams centring on his heart as the seat of intellect.' Subjects = Bell Collection; dispensaries; health car...