Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy? Willoughby Patrick Rosemeyer?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921 or 1922

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.652

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

High status Tibetan woman, seated, with a female servant, standing. The women are distinguished by their clothing and clothing accessories. They have been photographed outside, against a backdrop of trees, with the seated woman sitting on a chair on a carpet

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

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Previous Catologue Number

L.103

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.181

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan lady with servant" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.652.html>.

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