Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

May 21st 1921?

Region

Lhasa Area > Kungtang > Monastery

Accession number

1998.285.672

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

The God of Tip, near Lhasa, returning to Tip during the Kungtang festival on the 15th of the 4th Tibetan month. Procession including monks and lay people. God of Tip is surmounted by a religious umbrella and is in full ceremonial dress

Further Information

Activity

Ritual Activity , Riding

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.189

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.371

This Image also appears in another collection

1998.285.509

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Procession in Kungtang" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.672.html>.

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