Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

April 29th 1921

Accession number

1998.286.312

Image Dimensions

102 x 78

Present of cream cheeses, dried apricots and dried apples from Dalai Lama wrapped in coloured cotton cloth and sealed with Dalai Lama's round red seal. Presented to Bell on 29th April 1921.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.24

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.24b

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] V. [Subject of Chapter] The Dalai Lama [Subject of Illustration] Q.24 (f). Present of cream cheeses, dried apricots and dried apples from Dalai Lama wrapped in coloured cotton cloth and sealed with Dalai Lama's round red seal. Presented to me on 29/4/21."

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Bell does not distinguish between 1998.286.28 and 1998.286.312 in his List of Illustrations entry and both images may be referenced by his caption for Q.24 [MS 4/8/2004]

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: Bell does not write an entry in his Diary for 29th April 1921, when he states that this present was given to him [MS 4/8/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Present of food given to Bell by Thirteenth Dalai Lama" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.312.html>.

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