Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

August 4th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.286.193

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Actors from Tashi Sho in Lhoka province. They are telling the preliminaries of a story in song on the first day of the Dalai Lama's Ache Lhamo performance in 1921

Further Information

Activity

Singing

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.181

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.181

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXXVIII. [Subject of Chapter] Folklore [Subject of Illustration] Q181 (c). Actors from Ta-shi Sho in Lhoka province. They are telling the preliminaries of the story in song."

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: The date of August 4th 1921 has been given because this was the first day of the Dalai Lama's Ache Lhamo performance in 1921. This is identifiable as the first day because there is no awning covering the stage [Bell's Diary Vol. XI, pp. 72-80] [MS 03/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Actors in Ache Lhamo, Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.193.html>.

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