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Photo 1112/6(169)
- Record Id:
- 041-003176248
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003174063
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000a06
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1112/6(169)
- Title:
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Giving a present of money to the village headmen in return for supplies and services rendered. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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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 ½d) are placed in piles of 20 on a Tibetan table. This gift, or payment, is made on the morning of leaving each place. It is made by D.B. Palhese, and always in my presence, after he and I have decided how to give. Four piles of 20 each are placed, and one on top of them. Here are 15 piles, i.e. 300 sho, equal to about 12/-.' Small, square format print.
Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan officials; travelling
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003174063
040-003176051
041-003176248 - Is part of:
- Photo 1112 : Bell Collection: Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim. Photographer(s): Bell, Charles Alfred
Photo 1112/6 : Sir Charles Alfred Bell Collection (Mss Eur F 80/287): Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim ('R' series). Photographer(s): Bell,…
Photo 1112/6(169) : Giving a present of money to the village headmen in return for supplies and services rendered. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003174063[0006]/040-003176051[0197]/041-003176248
- 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
- Places:
- Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia