1998.285.390 (Glass negative)
1998.285.390 (Glass negative)
Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?
Sir Charles Bell
September 1st 1921?
Rongchu Valley Region > Reting
1998.285.390
120 x 163 mm
Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate
Donated 1983
St Antony's College, Oxford.
Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21
Royal Central Asiatic Society
H.360
BL.H.360
1998.285.414
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] III. [Subject of Chapter] Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Climate, Rainfall, and Trade Routes [Subject of Illustration] H.360 (ba) A Tibetan river (perhaps Kyi Chu near Reting) at dusk."
Other Information - Setting: At the end of August Sir Charles Bell and Robert Kennedy went on a tour of the country north of Lhasa to Reting monastery. This photograph was probably taken on this trip [MS 17/9/2004]
Other Information - Setting: Bell's Diary for September 1st 1921:"Kennedy and I rode on the main valley of the Re-ting Tsang-po (Kyi Chu) for about seven miles. A mile or two after leaving Re-ting, we cross a stream coming down a valley on the left. At the head of this is a Pass known as "The Black Pass". Shesur says Passes when difficult are sometimes called Black." [Diary Vol. XII, p.55]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"River and valley view"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.390.html>.
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