Washing clothes in Kyichu river, Lhasa
1998.286.77 (Glass negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Rabden Lepcha?
Collection
Sir Charles Bell
Date of Photo
1920-1921
Region
Lhasa Area > Kyichu
Accession number
1998.286.77
Image Dimensions
78 x 103
Further Information
Activity
Domestic Activity
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.68
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
BL.Q.68a
Related Collections
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XX. [Subject of Chapter] Beggars and Robbers [Subject of Illustration] Q68 (a) Women washing clothes near Lhasa. A common spectacle. These are washing in the Kyi Chu."
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Bell does not distinguish in his List of Illustrations between 1998.286.77 and 1998.286.314 and both can be referenced by the caption for Q.68 [MS 5/8/2004]
Other Information - Photograph used on PRM Photo website. [JD 2/6/2004]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Washing clothes in Kyichu river, Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.77.html>.
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