Neto Jongpen outside our kitchen at Lhasa in the feastday uniform of lay official, white cap in imitation of Indian turban, silk coat of various colours, silk scarf, skirts of black broadcloth. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; Tibetans Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Head officials of Mint at Do-te, in which silver and copper coins are minted. On the right (with white turban) is Ismail, who was the first from India to make rifles and ammunition for Tibet, many years ago. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait. Subjects = Bell Collection; currency; mints; Tibetan officials Location = Do-te; Tibet
Three ladies seated in a row on chairs with feet on a Tibetan carpet, wearing Lhasan head-dress. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of three ladies, seated on chairs in a park. Subjects = Bell Collection; dress; dress (Tibetan); ethnic groups; hairstyles; head-dresses; Tibetans; women Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Corner of my room at Shatra-O, near Ganden, showing altar above, cupboards below. M. weal design below ceiling, green above, red below. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; interiors; private houses; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Lhasa girls, who have been playing te-pe in a lingka [park]. The object kicked is a small disc of lead with feathers fixed in a hole in it. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of the two girls. Subjects = Bell Collection; recreations; sports Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Breaking the bones of a corpse with knife (background) and stone (foreground figure). Monk keeping off birds with a stick. Disposal ground outside Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; funerary practices; rites and customs Location = Lhasa; Tibet
View over Lhasa to east from roof of Tsuk Lha-khang. In the middle distance (centre) gilt finials of old Muru Monastery, where Nechung Chokyong stays when in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View across rooftops towards mountains in distance. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet