Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa

Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa

1998.285.181.2 (Lantern Slide)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.181.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

A picture in a Tibetan medical dispensary depicting the various plants which can be used as drugs.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

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

Previous Catologue Number

L.151

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.159a

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.181.2.html>.

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