Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

October 23rd 1921?

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Kamba La >

Accession number

1998.285.48

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

View of Yamdrok lake from Kamba La, looking towards Pede and the south west

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.46

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.46

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] III. [Subject of Chapter] Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Climate, Rainfall and Trade Routes. [Subject of illustration] H 46 (w) Yamdro Tso from the Khamba La, looking towards Pede and the south-west. [Remarks] L.14 (Y in L) [lantern slide 14]"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The Religion of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931, facing p.188:" 'The Lake of the Upper Pastures'."

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: Bell travelled on this route in 1920-21 on his way to and from Lhasa but this image may have been taken on 23rd October 1921 as he seems to have taken a considerable number of images on his return journey [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Yamdro Lake from Kamba La" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.48.html>.

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