Spectators at gun and arrow shooting competition

Spectators at gun and arrow shooting competition

1998.285.164 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

March 5th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Lhalu House

Accession number

1998.285.164

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Spectators at Dzonggyap shambe or `The gallop behind the fort' gun and arrow shooting competition. Target in the foreground suspended from cross rope on a wooden framework. In the background Lhalu mansion. Crowds standing along the length of the competitions ground

Further Information

Activity

Archery , Riding

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

H.141

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.141

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Spectators at gun and arrow shooting competition" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.164.html>.

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