Phari Jongpen with wife and daughter, the last dressed as a Kong-bo girl. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the three figures, the daughter standing between her mother and father. Presumably photographed at Phari. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); Tibetan office holders Location = Phari; Tibet
Ministers and others offering scarves to Nechung Oracle at Sertreng Ceremony, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A more distant view that print 411. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; oracles; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; Sertreng Ceremony Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Bhutanese commercial agent at Phari (Tibetan by birth), and his two wives, with daughter dressed as a man. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group portrait of family, in traditional dress. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; Tibetans; trade agents Location = Phari; Tibet
Large silk embroidery picture of Buddha at Kung-tang [Gungthang] Monastery, several hundred years old. Made when the monastery was founded. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Embroidery being processed through the streets. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies Location = Gungthang; Tibet
The two judges (Sherpang) of Lhasa in their Court House. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Showing the two men seated on a raised platform. Subjects = Bell Collection; courthouses; judges; law & legal affairs Location = Lhasa; Tibet