Wealthy trader from Eastern Tibet with servants

Wealthy trader from Eastern Tibet with servants

1998.285.131.2 (Lantern Slide)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.131.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Wealthy trader from Eastern Tibet (seated) with three servants standing behind him. The trader wears a double necklace of corals and onyx around his neck. Image is taken against a floral textile background suspended from the beams of a building. Carpet on floor.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

L.88

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.114

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wealthy trader from Eastern Tibet with servants" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.131.2.html>.

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