Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.185

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Two thanka depicting scenes from the lives of Lopon Rimpoche and Milarepa, hanging behind an altar/table with brass pots, butter lamps, stupa/mandala, and amulet box

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

H.162

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.162

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Two Thanka behind altar with offering bowls" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.185.html>.

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