Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1904-1922

Region

Tsangpo Valley Region > Chaksam

Accession number

1998.285.658

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Man and woman travelling on horseback in the Chumbi Valley; seen seated on horses on a path with valley in background

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Previous Catologue Number

L.121

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.P.206

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXV. [Subject of Chapter] Travelling [Subject of Illustration] P.206 (l) Man and wife travelling in the Chumbi Valley. [Remarks] L.121."

Technical Information - The negative from which this lantern slide was made is not in the PRM Collection. [MS 24/8/2004]

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past and Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.12:"Trader and his wife on a journey."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Man and wife travelling in Chumbi valley" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.658.html>.

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Man and wife travelling in Chumbi valley