Chinese house in Potala Sho, Lhasa, containing pillar recording defeat of the Dzungarians (Chungkar) in 1720 A.D. The pillar or slab can just be seen inside the building. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of stone building containing inscription pillar, with the Potala Palace in the background. A very similar view of this building can be found at print 258, but with a slightly different caption. Subjects = Bell Collection; Chinese architecture; monuments a...
Simchungnas and other actors waiting to come on the stage in the Ache Lhamo at Norbu Lingka, Lhasa, first day. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Looking towards group of actors seated on the ground. Subjects = Ache Lhamo (Tibetan religious drama); actors; Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); theatricals Location = Lhasa; Tibet
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
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography With woman standing beside tree. Subjects = Bell Collection; prayer papers; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious observances; religious observances (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
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
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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
Purbu orderly with my pony on a narrow track in Sikkim. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Orderly holding two ponies (Bell's on right) by the bridle. Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group)