Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Chushul

Accession number

1998.286.178.1

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Rock carved and painted with mantra Om Mani Padme Hum by the roadside between Nyethang and Chushul

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.169

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.169

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Rock with carved and painted mantra" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.178.1.html>.

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Rock with carved and painted mantra