Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.286.220.1

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Man holding a musk deer in Norbu Lingka

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.208

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.208

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XLIII. [Subject of Chapter] The Fauna [Subject of Illustration] Q208 (x) A musk deer in Norbu Lingka. [Remarks] L.219 (D.L)"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.110:"Musk deer in the Jewel Park, near Lhasa." [MS 10/9/2004]

Other Information - Cultural Background

Other Information - Cultural Background: Bell's Diary entry for 22nd June 1921:" Musk is one of the most valuable products of Tibet. It is a secretion in the navel of the musk-deer ( la ), a very small deer (photo)." [Diary Vol. XI, p.18]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Musk deer in Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.220.1.html>.

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Musk deer in Norbu Lingka