Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1922?

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Plain of the Three Sisters

Accession number

1998.285.671

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Wall with sacred texts on the Plain of the Three Sisters. Stonework structure with lake and mountains in the background. A man is standing next to the wall wearing a distinctively patterned chuba with animal fur edging/lining and shoulder bag

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

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

Revised Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Previous Catologue Number

L.173

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.344

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wall with sacred texts" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.671.html>.

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