Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa >

Accession number

1998.285.223.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Gelukpa Incarnation Lama with his religious implements. Yellow hat on his head; bell, dorje, skull cap, skull drum in front of him. In the bowl on the left is some fruit. The staff at the side he uses when walking. It has a ring round it which he shakes when he reaches his destination, and, hearing this, people bring him food

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 Tape

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

See H.195

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.195a

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Other Information

In Negative - a piece of black tape has been placed across the top of the negative glass plate on the non-emulsion side, although the reason for this is not clear [MS 8/6/2004]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXXII to XXXIV. [Subject of Chapter] The Religion [Subject of Illustration] H.195 (cm) Gelukpa Incarnation Lama with his religious implements. Yellow hat on his head; bell, dorje, skull cap, skull drum etc. in front of him. In the skull cap is tea without anything, e.g. butter etc., added to it. This he offers to the gods. In the bowl on the left are fruits which he eats. The staff at the side he uses when walking. It has a ring round it which he shakes when he reaches his destination, and, hearing this, people bring him food, so that he does not have to ask for it. [Where placed - book page] I, 36. [Remarks] L.184 (D. L.)"

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Bell does not distinguish between 1998.285.223 and 1998.285.224 in his list of illustrations and both images may be referenced by the caption for H.195 [MS 8/6/2004]

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.36:"A Priest of the Yellow Hat Sect. In front of him from right to left are his Dor-je, bell, cup made from a skull, and drum made from two skulls"

Research publication - 'Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital 1936-1947' Clare Harris and Tsering Shakya (eds.), Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003, p. 140.

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Gelukpa Incarnation Lama" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.223.1.html>.

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