Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.285.183.3

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.152

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.160b

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXVIII. [Subject of Chapter] Illness. [Subject of Illustration] H.160 (e) Picture in Men-tsi-pa's dispensary at Lhasa, showing omens and dreams seen by doctor or patient. Two top rows are good omens; below and on right are bad omens; on left, dreams. In the centre is the patient with the lines of vision along which he sees the dream centring in his heart as the seat of intellect. The omens may be seen either by the patient or by the doctor on his way to visit the patient. [Remarks] L.152"

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Lantern slides 1998.285.183.1 and 1998.285.183.2 both appear to have been made from the same negative image, but 1998.285.183.1 has been more more cropped [MS 31/8/2004]

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_1998.285.183.3.html>.

For more information about photographic usage or to order prints, please visit the The Pitt Rivers Museum.

The Pitt Rivers Museum

The British Museum

Picture from Mentsipa dispensary, Lhasa