Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

July 26th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Shide Drokhang

Accession number

1998.286.251

Image Dimensions

78 x 103 mm

Heap of peat fuel ten feet high in courtyard of Shide Monastery, Lhasa. To left front, piece of willow rod used for drawing water bucket from well.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.240

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.240

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Peat fuel supply in Shide Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.251.html>.

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Peat fuel supply in Shide Monastery