Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920 - 1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.227.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

A nun showing a religious picture to passers-by on a road. From it she illustrates episodes in the lives of Buddha

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

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

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

L.187

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.198

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nun with picture of episodes in the lives of the Buddha " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.227.2.html>.

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