Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

March 1st 1921

Named Person

Doring Theji, Trimon Se

Region

Lhasa > Lubu

Accession number

1998.285.155

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Doring Theji and Trimon Se, appointed as Yaso officials for this year's ceremony, sit on thrones in the shade of decorated tent for ceremony of Lubu Gardrik or Preparation of the Camp at Lubu. Others standing or sitting on either side and behind them. Low tables with domestic objects.

Further Information

Activity

Ritual Activity

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

See H.132

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.132b

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Yaso at Preparation of Camp at Lubu" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.155.html>.

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