Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Yuthok

Accession number

1998.286.117.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Man carrying hide boat on his back. The sheep carries a pair of saddle bags containing his master's barley flour, dried meat, tea, salt, pepper, as well as his eating bowl to provide a cold lunch. Taken just outside the Yuthok Bridge.

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

Previous Catologue Number

L.124

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.106b

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Man carrying hide boat by Yuthok bridge" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.117.2.html>.

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Man carrying hide boat by Yuthok bridge