Collecting Dalai Lama's water from Chakpori,

Collecting Dalai Lama's water from Chakpori

1998.285.94.1 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Chakpori > Spring

Accession number

1998.285.94.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

The walled enclosure containing the spring at the foot of Chakpori, from which the Dalai Lama's water supply is taken. In the foreground, a muleteer with mule. Over bucket on mule is a cotton cloth to keep the water clean. Another bucket at the muleteer's feet. More mules (out of focus) in background

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.81

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.81

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Collecting Dalai Lama's water from Chakpori, " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.94.1.html>.

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