Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

March 4th 1921

Region

Lhasa > Barkhor > Jokhang

Accession number

1998.285.360.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Two officials seated and wearing in gyaluche dress, the costume of the old royal princes during the ceremony 'The Invitation to Maitreya' or jampa dendren. A short brocade jacket, black pleated silk skirt, rainbow sash and white cockle hat.

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

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

L.148

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.330

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Crowds at Invitation to Maitreya, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.360.2.html>.

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Crowds at Invitation to Maitreya, Lhasa