Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1904-1921?

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Tuna (view of Chomolhari)

Accession number

1998.285.44

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

View of Chomolhari from Tuna.

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

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.43

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.43

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] III. [Subject of Chapter] Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Climate, Rainfall and Trade Routes. [Subject of illustration] H 43 (s) Chomolhari from Tuna. [Remarks] Telephoto"

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: Bell stayed at Tuna on 3rd November 1921 after leaving Lhasa in October 1921, although he probably visited this area many times during his years working in and near Tibet [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chomolhari from Tuna" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.44.html>.

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