Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.285.681

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

A young Kyang at Lhasa belonging to the Dalai Lama

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

Previous Catologue Number

L.221

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.457

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XLIII. [Subject of Chapter] The Fauna [Subject of Illustration] P.457 (o) Young Kyang at Lhasa belonging to the D[alai] L[ama]. [Remarks] L.221"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The Religion of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931, facing p.173:"Wild ass (kyang) in the Jewel Park."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "A young Kyang belonging to the Dalai Lama" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.681.html>.

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A young Kyang belonging to the Dalai Lama