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1998.285.473 (Glass negative)
1998.285.473 (Glass negative)
Henry Martin
Sir Charles Bell
c. 1908 - 1914 ?
Chumbi Valley Region > Phari plain
1998.285.473
82 x 135 mm
Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative
Donated 1983
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Copy Neg
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
P.147
BL.P.147
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
1998.293.55
'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XIX. [Subject of Chapter] The Traders [Subject of Illustration] P.147 (gl) (h) Yaks carrying wool."
In Negative - The photographer's initials 'H.M.' [Henry Martin] are visible in the lower right-hand corner of the image, having been marked on the original negative. [PG 13/10/2003]
Other Information - Related Images: There is a print of this image in the PRM's Macdonald Collection [1998.293.55], described as 'Yaks with wool/ crossing Phari plain/ Pre 1914' (from label on reverse). [PG 13/10/2003]
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.116 [bottom]: 'Yaks carrying wool'. [PG 2/5/2003]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Yaks carrying loads of wool"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.473.html>.
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