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1998.285.433 (Glass negative)
1998.285.433 (Glass negative)
Percy Brown
Sir Charles Bell
1903-1920
Gyantse Region > Chumik Tangsang
1998.285.433
120 x 163 mm
Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate
Donated 1983
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Copy Neg
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
H.404-310
BL.H.404-310
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] LXII. [Subject of Chapter] Nunneries and Nuns [Subject of Illustration] H.404-310 (b) Chu-mik Tang-sang Nunnery, Gyantse. [Remarks] P. Brown's. His permission is required"
Other Information - Photographer: According to Bell's Index of Illustrations entry, this image was originally taken and/or owned by P. Brown. This is probably Percy Brown of the Calcutta Museum, who was well known as a specialist in Himalayan architecture, and who published 'Tours in Sikkim and Darjeeling District', Calcutta: W. Newman, 1917 (2nd ed 1922). [MS 28/6/2004]
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.168:" 'Nunneries are often situated in secluded valleys'. 'Clear, Pure, Spring' nunnery." [MS 10/9/2004]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chumik Tangsang nunnery, above Gyantse"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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