Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy? Unknown Tibetan or Sikkimese photographer?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

April 7th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Jokhang

Accession number

1998.285.675

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

The 'King of the Serpent Spirits' comes to throw dice against the Dalai Lama. Monks, bodyguards, performers and officials gather around

Further Information

Activity

Ritual Activity

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Previous Catologue Number

L.205

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.419

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "King of the Serpent Spirits at the Jokhang" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.675.html>.

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King of the Serpent Spirits at the Jokhang