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1998.285.488 (Glass negative)
1998.285.488 (Glass negative)
Henry Martin? (or David Macdonald?)
Sir Charles Bell
c. 1908 - 1914 ?
Chumbi Valley Region > Phari
1998.285.488
134 x 80 mm
Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative
Donated 1983
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Copy Neg
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
P.184
BL.P.184
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXI. [Subject of Chapter] The Women [Subject of Illustration] P.184 (gl) (z) A Tibetan lady from Kong-pu province, some 8 days' journey east of Lhasa. [Remarks] Macdonald's"
Other Information - Photographer: David Macdonald is known to have owned many photographs by Henry Martin. [PG 13/10/2003]
Other Information - People: The girl in this picture can be identified as the daughter of the Phari-Jongpen by reference to 1998.285.490. [MS 22/7/2004]
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.151 [top]: '"That of a lady of Kong-po shows wide variations from the costumes worn around Lhasa"'. [PG 2/5/2003]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Daughter of a Phari Dzongpon wearing Kong-po dress"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.488.html>.
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