1998.285.527 (Glass negative)
Raw Image
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell
1904-1922
1998.285.527
138 x 88 mm
Burial
Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative
Donated 1983
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Copy Neg
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
Not Bell
P.317
BL.P.317
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]
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 - 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.
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