Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Named Person

Buriat Lama, Postmaster General

Region

Lhasa >

Accession number

1998.285.318.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Buriat Lama and Tibetan Postmaster General seated in front of carved screen or wall. Lama holding rosary.

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

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

L.267

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.289a

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Buriat Lama and Tibetan Postmaster General" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.318.2.html>.

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