Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

February 6th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Potala > Deyang shar

Accession number

1998.285.60

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Tibetan soldiers receiving beer after performance at Tse Gutor ceremony in the eastern courtyard or Deyang Shar of the Potala Palace. Spectators line the roof and overlook the scene. Two men in Gyaluche ceremonial dress on the left.

Further Information

Activity

Dancing

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Intensifier

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

H.58

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.58

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan soldiers receiving beer after Gutor performance" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.60.html>.

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