Tibetan soldiers of the new army drilling. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Historical Events Similar to print 81. Subjects = Bell Collection; military (general); military ceremonies; Tibetan army Location = Lhasa; Tibet
My Ache Lhamo in lingka near Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Actors drawn up on stage, including one in the middle with a long white beard. Spectators and tents behind. Mountains in background. The play is 'Suk-kyi Nyi-ma', i.e. 'Sun Body'. The figure in the centre with the long beard is Trang-song, next to the right (a...
Wooden figures in a chapel in Gyantse Monastery. Photographer: Martin, Henry
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Close view of intricately carved Buddha images. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism); woodcarving Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Carrying the barley harvest in the Chumbi Valley. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Women and girls carrying loads of barley on their backs. Subjects = agricultural labour; agriculture; barley; Bell Collection; crops; harvesting Location = Chumbi Valley; Tibet
Spectators at the Chip-gyur Chen-mo, the Dalai Lama's annual state entry into the Potala, Lhasa. Photographer: Kennedy, Robert Siggins
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Genre: Historical Events With part of the Potala Palace visible on the hill in the background. Subjects = Bell Collection; Dalai Lama; official events; processions; state entries Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Watching the play at Palha Kenchen's [near Gyantse]. Cashie [Bell] on extreme right, then myself. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Mixed Tibetan and European group seated on balcony. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan office holders Location = Gyantse; Tibet