1998.285.99.1 (Glass negative)
1998.285.99.1 (Glass negative)
Rabden Lepcha?
Sir Charles Bell
1920-1921
Lhasa
1998.285.99.1
120 x 163 mm
Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate
Donated 1983
St Antony's College, Oxford.
Lantern
Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21
Royal Central Asiatic Society
H.88
BL.H.88
'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] VII. [Subject of Chapter] The Regent and Central Government. [Subject of illustration] H88 (f) Tsen-dron Ku-sho, one of the Secretaries of the Dalai Lama who, with Neto Jongpen, was appointed to attend on my Mission during my stay at Lhasa. Standing in centre. [Remarks] L.54. {D.L./Y in L}"
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.194:"The Peak Secretary in his ecclesiastical robes with two attendants." [MS 10/9/2004]
Other Information - Setting: Tsen-drön Kusho (centre) was one of the secretaries of the 13th Dalai Lama appointed to attend on Sir Charles Bell's mission during their stay in Lhasa. He is photographed in a monastic verandah with two servants, one of whom holds his crown of religious office. By the time of the 1936-37 British Mission to Lhasa the Kusho had become the leader of the monastic cabinet of the Tibetan government and again headed the ecclesiastic party sent to meet visitors. [CH 03/04/2000]
Other Information - Related Images: See 1998.285.101/101.1/102 for images of Tsendron Kusho on horseback. The servant on the left, holding the crown of office, holds the reins of Tsendron Kusho's horse in these images. [MS 20/8/2004]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Tsendron Kusho and assistants"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.99.1.html>.
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