Monks standing in front of Palkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Portrait Photography Large group of monks posed in front of entrance to monastery. Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Awarding silk scarves to the competitors at gun and arrow races, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The competitors can be seen coming up in the right background. In the right centre, two attendants bring supplies of fresh scarves. In the left centre a monk official, assisted by a lay official (left), distributes the scarves to the competitors.' Subjects =...
Awarding silk scarves to the competitors at gun and arrow races, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A more distant view of the award ceremony described in print 233. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
'Divine Soldiers' (lha-i mak-mi) who blow trumpets at the arrow shooting, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of trumpeters, surrounded by spectators, photographed during the Votive offering of the Twenty-Ninth Day: see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 116-123. This photograph (printed in reverse) is reproduced on p. 117...