Chomolhari

Chomolhari

1998.285.53 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

November 3rd 1921?

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Chomolhari (from Tuna)

Accession number

1998.285.53

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Chomolhari seen from Tuna in the late afternoon. Pitched tent visible on left hand side

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

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

H.51

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.51

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] H51 (ag) Chomolhari from Tuna in the late afternoon"

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: Bell stayed at Tuna on November 3rd 1921 after leaving Lhasa in October [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chomolhari" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.53.html>.

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