Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

August 5th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.286.141

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Dalai Lama's Ache Lhamo performed at Norbu Lingka. On the roof in the background is the Dalai Lama's private stand with tent roof and wooden-latticed walls. In front of it, flowers in pots.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.131

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.131

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell captions Q.131 incorrectly in his List of Illustrations. [MS 11/8/2004]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: In 1998.286.108 an actor has climbed to the top of the pole [MS 02/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Ache Lhamo in Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.141.html>.

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