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281. Photo 1112/2(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(88)
Title:
The modern meat market in Lhasa, constructed under the orders of the Dalai Lama after he stayed in Darjeeling and saw the meat market there. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking between two rows of table , with awnings above. Subjects = Bell Collection; markets Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

282. Photo 1112/2(178)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(178)
Title:
Throne of the Karmashar oracle at the Festival of 'The Incense of the Whole World,' in the Karmashar Lingka, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group gathered round throne mounted on a platform beneath awning. Photograph taken during the 'Universal Incense Offering' Festival (Dzamling Chisang): see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 94-95. Subjects = Bell Coll...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

283. Photo 1112/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(36)
Title:
Priest in charge of Lhasa Arsenal with two assistants (priest in charge on left). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

284. Photo 1112/2(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(52)
Title:
Weights and measures: large and small bo (measure), right; tre (smaller measure), left; nya-ka (steel yard) above. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; weights & measures
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

285. Photo 1112/2(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(94)
Title:
Liquor shop in Lhasa with earthenware jars of barley beer being fermented for sale. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Close view (slightly blurred) of cluster of jars. Subjects = Bell Collection; brewing; food and drink; liquor shops; pottery; shops Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

286. Photo 1112/2(279)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(279)
Title:
A wedding party. Left to right, front row: bridegroom's assistant (mak-pe rok-pa), bridegroom, bride, bride's assistant. The last is a servant who attends the bride after marriage. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Formally posed group. A small copy print. Subjects = Bell Collection; rites and customs; weddings
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

287. Photo 1112/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(11)
Title:
In Sikkim, Lepcha woman carrying water in bamboos, a common practice. The bamboos are of the variety known as Pa-to-po (bhalu bans in Nepalese). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Lepcha woman carrying two thick lengths of bamboo on her back. Subjects = bamboos; Bell Collection; domestic water supplies; ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group); trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

288. Photo 1112/2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(25)
Title:
Main entrance to Norbu Lingka, down the broad new road from the Potala and Lhasa made about 1916. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The Norbu Lingka was the walled park west of Lhasa in which the Dalai Lama had a summer palace. View looking towards covered gateway: 'Note the sentry box on each side of the gate and the two long prayer poles (tar-shing); near each sentry box are the incense ve...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

289. Photo 1112/2(51a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(51a)
Title:
Photograph of Tibetan currency note for 50 tangkas, with figure of lion in centre, red seal on left and black seal on right. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; currency
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

290. Photo 1112/2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(60)
Title:
Shop in Lhasa. Cloth and coloured reels of cotton from India on left, cups from China on right. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; occupations; shopkeepers; shops Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item