Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa

Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa

1998.286.297 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.286.297

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa engraving a charm box, or kau, with his two children.

Further Information

Activity

Manufacturing , Metalworking

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.144

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.144b

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXX. [Subject of Chapter] Arts and Crafts [Subject of Illustration] Q144 (l) Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa engraving a charm box, (ka-u), and his children. [Remarks] L.156 (Y in L)"

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.110:"Silversmith in Lhasa engraving a charm-box." [MS 10/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.297.html>.

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