Inscription near Khangmar

Inscription near Khangmar

1998.285.206 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

October 31st 1921?

Region

Khangmar Region

Accession number

1998.285.206

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Sacred inscription on a hillside near Khangmar

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

See H.180

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.180b

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry for H.180: "[No. of chapter] XXXII to XXXIV. [Subject of Chapter] The Religion [Subject of Illustration] H180 (av) Sacred inscription on hillside, near Kang-mar. [Remarks] L.172". Bell does does not distinguish between images 1998.285.205 and 1998.285.206 and both may be referenced by the caption for H.180

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: Bell travelled close to Khangmar on his return journey from Lhasa at the end of October 1921 and this photograph may have been taken on that occasion [MS 09/02/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Inscription near Khangmar" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.206.html>.

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