Yaks ploughing near Ganden. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography 'On their heads are red tufts of yak hair, above these tufts of white sheep wool and on the tops sprays of cocks' feathers. On the neck and nostrils strings of cowries. On the right horns, again tufts of yak hair. Behind the plough a man sowing, which is unusual, fo...
Re-chung-nga play, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The event here narrated takes place at Ne-tong, near Tse-tang in the Lho-ka country. The peasant girl (seated) sees the valuable turquoise in Re-chung-nga's (standing next to the right of her) bag (small white cylindrical bag on girl's left). She then feeds Re...