Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

August 4th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.285.176

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Masked and unmasked Ache Lhamo performers in courtyard at Norbu Lingka. Buildings in background. Audience seated around edge of courtyard. Actors are probably of the Kyormo Lung-nga troupe. First day of the performance

Further Information

Activity

Performing

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha

Previous Catologue Number

H.153

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.153

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Ache Lhamo performance at Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.176.html>.

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