Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

November 1920

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Samding

Accession number

1998.285.135.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Middle distance view of Samding Monastery, the home of Dorje Pamo. Snow covered mountains in background.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half 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

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.118

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.118

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXI. [Subject of Chapter] The Women. [Subject of Illustration] H.118 (u) Samding monastery, the home of Dor-je Pa-mo. [Remarks] See (m) [cross-reference to Q.70: Samding Monastery, residency of Dor-je Pa-mo, [Geographical Journal, Lantern Slide 98]] L.104 [lantern slide 104] (Y. in L.)"

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: Sir Charles Bell visited Samding Monastery on his way to Lhasa in November 1920 [MS 22/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Samding Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.135.1.html>.

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