Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka

Accession number

1998.286.216

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Man holding a young burrhel or wild sheep in the Norbu Lingka, Lhasa.

Further Information

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.203

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.203

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XLIII. [Subject of Chapter] The Fauna [Subject of Illustration] Q203 (s) Young burrhel in Norbu Ling-ka, Lhasa."

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The Religion of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931, facing p.173:"Wild sheep (burrhel) in the Jewel Park"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wild sheep or burrhel in Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.216.html>.

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