Sky Burial

Sky Burial

1998.285.527 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1904-1922

Accession number

1998.285.527

Image Dimensions

138 x 88 mm

Three men standing on a mountainside amongst a flock of vultures.

Further Information

Activity

Burial

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St. Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Photo also owned by

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Not Bell

Previous Catologue Number

P.317

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.317

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXXI. [Subject of Chapter] Weddings and Funerals. [Subject of illustration] P.317 (gl) (k) The Tson-dren distributing the flesh to the vultures; monk helping to keep the birds off. [Where placed - book page] I, 183"

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.183:"The last scene"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Sky Burial" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.527.html>.

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