Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col Robert Kennedy

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

February 4th 1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.444

Image Dimensions

84 x 135 mm

Ceremonial procession, Chipgyu Chenmo, at which time the Dalai Lama moved to the Potala. Scene along a road lined with people, viewed from above, with the Potala Palace visible on the right of the image. This is the Dalai Lama's state entry into the Potala, taken in February 1921.

Further Information

Activity

Riding , Ritual Activity

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St. Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

P.56

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.56

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Procession towards Potala, February 1921" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.444.html>.

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