Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920 - 1921

Region

Lhasa > Arsenal

Accession number

1998.285.186.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Group of blacksmiths with tools and domestic objects at work in the Lhasa arsenal. Barred window in background

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

H.163

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.163

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] XXX. [Subject of Chapter] Arts and Crafts. [Subject of Illustration] H.163 (c) Blacksmith at work in the Lhasa Arsenal. [Remarks] L.155"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.192:"Munitions. Blacksmiths working in the Lhasa Arsenal"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Blacksmiths at Lhasa Arsenal" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.186.1.html>.

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