Two yak-hide boats on Nyang Chu near Gyang-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Gyantse; Nyang Chu (river); Tibet
Pen-jor Lhun-po house, near Gyang-tse, a closer view. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 350a. Subjects = Bell Collection; private houses; Tibetan architecture Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Williamson and Mrs Williamson at the Residency, Gangtok. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Informal full-length portrait, standing in garden. Frederick Williamson (1891-1935), ICS 1913, Political Officer, Sikkim from 1931 and Margaret Dobie Williamson. Subjects = Bell Collection
Tibetan bullock cart at Pa-ri. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Side view of wooden cart drawn by a single bullock. Subjects = Bell Collection; bullock carts; carts; road transport; transport Location = Phari; Tibet
Large cho-ten at Pal-kor Cho-de, Gyang-tse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Another view of the chorten and surrounding buildings. Landscape format. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); monasteries; stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Another view of prayer barrels at the monastery outside Kalimpong, with three women turning them. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'They have put up prayer flags and burnt incense in the precincts of the monastery and are now turning all the prayer barrels once, after which they will go away, having completed their religious duty.' Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; prayer barrels;...