Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.286.156.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

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

Further Information

Activity

Manufacturing , Metalworking

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

Previous Catologue Number

L.156

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. The lantern slide has been made from 1998.286.156.1 [MS 11/8/2004]

Notes on print/mount - '28' has been written in black ink. This slide seems to have been used as slide 28 in the lecture 'A Year in Lhasa', which was first presented at the Royal Geographical Society on 3rd December 1923. The text, with a lesser number of images, was later published in The Geographical Journal of February 1924. Bell may also have presented this lecture on other occasions about which we have no information at present. [MS 10/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan silversmith at Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.156.2.html>.

For more information about photographic usage or to order prints, please visit the The Pitt Rivers Museum.