Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.286.156.1

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa engraving a charm box, gau, and his two children.

Further Information

Activity

Manufacturing , Metalworking

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.144

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.144a

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXX. [Subject of Chapter] Arts and Crafts [Subject of Illustration] Q144 (l) Tibetan silversmith in Lhasa engraving a charm box, (ka-u), and his children. [Remarks] L.156 (Y in L)"

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Bell does not distinguish in his List of Illustrations entry between 1998.286.156.1 and 1998.286.156.2, although they are different images; both may be referenced by the caption for Q.144 [MS 11/8/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan silversmith at Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.156.1.html>.

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