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671. Photo 1112/6(181)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(181)
Title:
Choten at Dra-nang. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of masonry-built stupa, with square base and circular drum. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Dranang; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

672. Photo 1112/6(169)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(169)
Title:
Giving a present of money to the village headmen in return for supplies and services rendered. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Bell, Dewan Bahadur Palhese and another European (Pyne?) standing behind low table, with Tibetans grouped on left. 'They supply grass for the ponies and firewood. They also lend some tents, mats, vessels for water, rugs, servants, etc. The coins, Tibetan sho (about ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

673. Photo 1112/6(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(186)
Title:
Palhese about to received the scarf as I am on the point of arriving at Min-dro-ling. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection; rites and customs; salutations; travelling Location = Mindroling; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1934
Extent:
1 item

674. Photo 1112/6(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(200)
Title:
Crowd at Tse-tang ferry (Ger-pa Tru) waiting to cross the Tsang-po in the large ferry-boat. Myself in centre foreground. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; transport; travelling; water transport Location = Ger-pa Tru; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

675. Photo 1112/6(201)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/6(201)
Title:
Close view of crowd at Tse-tang ferry (Ger-pa Tru) waiting to cross the Tsang-po in the large ferry-boat. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Tibetan group with sacks of produce (presumably grain) in sacks. Subjects = Bell Collection; ferries; transport; travelling; water transport Location = Ger-pa Tru; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

676. Photo 1112/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(44)
Title:
Convicts in stocks at Potala Sho, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Prisoners in stocks seated on ground. See also part 284 (91). Subjects = Bell Collection; convicts; crime and criminals; punishments; stocks Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

677. Photo 1112/2(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(125)
Title:
Theatricals for the Dalai Lama, Norbu Lingka, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking across stage towards the Dalai Lama's viewing point: '...whose 'box', screened off, is half seen in left background. In foreground the stage with its floor of stone slabs.' Photograph taken from a similar viewpoint to print 108. Subjects = Bell C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

678. Photo 1112/2(147)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/2(147)
Title:
Corpses awaiting cutting up [probably outside Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of the disposal ground where corpses are cut up and left for the vultures. In this view one body lies on the ground, with two more still wrapped in sacking to one side. The corpse, if of a member of the upper classes, is taken to the disposal ground (tur-t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

679. Photo 1112/3(364)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(364)
Title:
Black Hat Dance at Lukong Festival. The trumpets are 10 feet long. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Elaborately costumed dancers and musicians, peforming the dance in the Lugong Gyalpo Ceremony: see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 61-71. Subjects = Bell Collection; dance; festivals; Lugong Gyalpo Ceremony; religio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

680. Photo 1112/5(461)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(461)
Title:
Frescoe portraying fighting between Buddhists and Muhammadans, in accordance with story of Chang Shambhala: PRINT MISSING. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Bell Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item