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Photo 1112/1(195)
- Record Id:
- 041-003174275
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003174063
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000251
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1112/1(195)
- Title:
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Gelupta Incarnation Lama with his religious implements. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length seated portrait of monk, with various religious objects laid out on chest in front of him. Bell's index supplies a more detailed description: '...Yellow hat on his head; bell, dorje, skull cap, skull drum, etc., in front of him. In the skull cap is tea without anything, e.g. butter, etc., added to it. In the bowl on the left are fruits which he eats. the staff at the side he uses when walking. It has a ring round it which he shakes when he reaches his destination, and, hearing this, people bring him food, so that he does not have to ask for it.'
Subjects = Bell Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003174063
040-003174064
041-003174275 - Is part of:
- Photo 1112 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/1 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim ('H' series). Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/1(195) : Gelupta Incarnation Lama with his religious implements. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred - Hierarchy:
- 032-003174063[0001]/040-003174064[0211]/041-003174275
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1112
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- c 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bell, Charles Alfred, Knight, administrator in India and Tibetologist, 1870-1945
- Places:
- Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia