Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Named Person

Tsendron Kusho's younger brother

Region

Lhasa Area > Tsendron Kusho's House

Accession number

1998.286.42.1

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

A room in Tsendron Kusho's house. His younger brother and two monk friends are seated . The brother is on the right. Between the two cups of tea on the table is a Tibetan ink pot. There are a number of decorated boxes, cupboards, and potted plants in the room. A geometric pattern is painted on the wall in the background

Further Information

Activity

Eating and Drinking

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Lantern Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.33

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.33

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Sir Charles Bell, London: Collins, 1946 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] VII. [Subject of Chapter] The Regent and Central Government [Subject of Illustration] Q33. (j) A room in the Dala Lama's A.D.C.'s (Tsen-dron's) house. His younger brother and two monk friends drinking tea and talking. The brother is on the right. Between the two cups of tea on the table is a Tibetan inkpot. [Remarks] L.56 (Y in L)"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Portrait of the Dalai Lama', Bell, C. A., London: Collins, 1946, facing p.309 (top):"Tibetans conversing."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tsendron Kusho's brother with two monks " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.42.1.html>.

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