Bell's pony and servants on the 'Plain of the Three Sisters'

Bell's pony and servants on the 'Plain of the Three Sisters'

1998.285.627 (Lantern Slide)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-21

Named Person

Purbu

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Plain of the Three Sisters

Accession number

1998.285.627

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Bell's pony, Samle, on the left and with Purbu Orderly on the right. Four ponies and three men, two Tibetans and one Sikkimese orderly, standing in a rocky valley with a low hill in the background

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

Previous Catologue Number

L.19

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.27

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Bell's pony and servants on the 'Plain of the Three Sisters'" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.627.html>.

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