Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

September 10th - 11th 1921

Region

Lhasa Area > Dra Yerpa

Accession number

1998.286.181.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

The house, painted red on the left, built over cave at Dra Yerpa Monastery, where Atisha lived

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.192

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.172

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Dra Yerpa Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.181.2.html>.

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