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Photo 1112/5(47)
- Record Id:
- 041-003175490
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003174063
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000710
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1112/5(47)
- Title:
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A Lepcha and his wife, Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length standing portrait of the couple. 'He is the Mandal of Kalimpong village (block). His hat is of black velvet surmounted by red corals. The robe is of cotton in blue and red stripes. Below this is a white silk coat without sleeves. Below this is a shirt of cream colour with sleeves. Lepcha knife, of which the blade is 23 inches long, hangs on left side, of the same kind as print 33. Legs and feet bare. Girdle of Red Chinese silk; the ends of it hang down near the knife. The wife wears a multi-coloured hankerchief on the back of her head, turquoise earrings, according to Tibetan style, and round her neck a necklace of eight-anna bits. A long cloak of tussore silk silk, cream coloured, hanging down the back almost to the ankles, with loose sleeves. Inside this a black velvet coat with sleeves. Underneath this a long skirt of sea-green cotton cloth.'
Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003174063
040-003175443
041-003175490 - Is part of:
- Photo 1112 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/5 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim ('J' series). Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/5(47) : A Lepcha and his wife, Kalimpong. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred - Hierarchy:
- 032-003174063[0005]/040-003175443[0047]/041-003175490
- 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:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 1933-1934
- 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:
- Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, Asia