Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa
1998.285.182 (Glass negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?
Collection
Sir Charles Bell
Date of Photo
1920-1921
Region
Lhasa
Accession number
1998.285.182
Image Dimensions
120 x 163 mm
Further Information
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.159
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
BL.H.159b
Other Information
Bell's List of Illustrations entry for H.159: "[No. of chapter] XXVIII. [Subject of Chapter] Illness. [Subject of Illustration] H159 (d) Picture in Men-tsi-pa's dispensary at Lhasa showing plants used as drugs. [Remarks] L.151" Bell does not distinguish in his List of Illustrations between 1998.285.181 and 1998.285.182, and both objects are referenced by the caption for H.159. [MS 4/6/2004]
Other Information - Museum notes
Other Information - Museum notes: The PRM contact print for this object has been developed in reverse from the image on the negative. This is an error in the contact print and not in the original negative glass plate
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.182.html>.
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