Offering beer at Bell's Ache Lhamo

Offering beer at Bell's Ache Lhamo

1998.285.519 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

August 12th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Tsetrung Lingka

Accession number

1998.285.519

Image Dimensions

138 x 88 mm

A line of four men and three women standing under a large applique tent at the Tsetrung Lingka where Bell was hosting an ache lhamo performance. The men are holding up offering bowls and the women are holding jugs. They are surrounded by a seated crowd.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St. Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Not Bell. Rabden? Norbhu? Laden La?

Previous Catologue Number

P.280

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.280

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Offering beer at Bell's Ache Lhamo" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.519.html>.

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