Chakpori and Temple of Medicine, Lhasa

Chakpori and Temple of Medicine, Lhasa

1998.285.184 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Chakpori

Accession number

1998.285.184

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Chakpori or 'Iron Hill' at Lhasa with 'Temple of Medicine' on its summit

Further Information

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

Previous Catologue Number

H.161

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.161

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXVIII. [Subject of Chapter] Illness. [Subject of Illustration] H.161 Same as (c) [Chakpori Hill in Lhasa]1998.285.180]. Another view."

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: 1998.285.180 and 1998.285.184 are almost identical images, but 1998.285.184 is slightly cropped on the right hand side [MS 4/6/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chakpori and Temple of Medicine, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.184.html>.

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