Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1904 - 1921

Region

Gyantse > Bazaar

Accession number

1998.286.80.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

The richest trader in Gyantse sitting at her stall in the market, wearing a headdress and neck ornament of beads

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.99

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.71

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The richest trader in Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.80.2.html>.

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The richest trader in Gyantse