Land agent (nyerpa) of Serchok (right) and his servant meeting me nine miles outside Gyantse in accordance with etiquette. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the two men with their ponies. Subjects = Bell Collection; rites and customs; Tibetan officials Location = Gyantse; Tibet
The Gyantse Jongpens (the two on the left) watching the Gun and Arrow competition at Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tibetan group shaded by awning. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; Tibetan office holders Location = Gyantse; Tibet
The god Tam-chen Cho-gyal and his consort, taken at Palkor Chode Monastery at Gyantse. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of two masked figures, seated. Subjects = Bell Collection; masks; monasteries; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies Location = Gyantse; Tibet
Yaks for slaughter. They are thrown down and their throats cut. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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View of a walled enclosure, with two yaks awaiting slaughter at left. On the right the slaughter man stands close to a wooden frame from which the butchered carcase is hung. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; butchery; food and drink; yaks