Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Nordzin Gangsang

Accession number

1998.285.52.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Nordzin Gangsang mountain from where the stream joins the plain above Ralung and showing the main path through this area.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

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

L.16

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.50

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] III. [Subject of Chapter] Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Climate, Rainfall and Trade Routes. [Subject of illustration] H50 (af) Mt. Nochin Kangzang from where the stream joins the plain above Ra-lung. [Remarks] L.16 [lantern slide 16]"

Technical Information - This lantern slide is a camera produced image rather than a contact image [MS 18/8/2004]

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: Bell travelled on this route in 1920-21 on his way to and from Lhasa [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nordzin Gangsang mountain near Ralung" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.52.2.html>.

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Nordzin Gangsang mountain near Ralung