Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa Area > Nechung

Accession number

1998.285.248.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Nechung Oracle Temple, near Lhasa

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 Intensifier Varnish

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.215

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.215

Published

'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Sir Charles Bell, London: Collins, 1946 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXXVI. [Subject of Chapter] Oracles [Subject of Illustration] H.215 (p) Nechung Oracle Temple, near Lhasa. [Remarks] L.204 (D.L)"

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: Nechung is considered to be the abode of the protector deity Pehar and is the seat of the State oracle of Tibet [CH 2003]

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Bell, C. A., London: Collins, 1946, facing p.396: "Ne-chung Oracle Temple, near Lhasa."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nechung Oracle Temple" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.248.1.html>.

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