Religious dance

Religious dance

1998.285.363 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa Area > Kungtang? > Monastery

Accession number

1998.285.363

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Religious dance being held in courtyard of large building. Spectators around edges and on flat roof of building. Dancers with large drums standing in the centre of the courtyard.

Further Information

Activity

Dancing

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

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

H.333

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.333

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Religious dance" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.363.html>.

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