Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Nordzin Gangsang

Accession number

1998.285.52.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Nordzin Gangsang mountain from where the stream joins the plain above Ralung and showing the main path through this area.

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's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.50

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.50

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] H50 (af) Mt. Nochin Kangzang from where the stream joins the plain above Ra-lung. [Remarks] L.16 [lantern slide 16]"

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: Bell travelled on this route in 1920-21 on his way to and from Lhasa [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Nordzin Gangsang mountain near Ralung" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.52.1.html>.

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