Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

May 5th 1921

Region

Lhasa > 'Stony' Lingka

Accession number

1998.285.171.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Picnic party in 'Stony Park' in Lhasa. After playing a dice game, sho, the picnic party takes lunch. Vessels seen on low tables inside the tent

Further Information

Activity

Eating and Drinking

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.140

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.148

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XXVII. [Subject of Chapter] Amusements. [Subject of Illustration] H 148 (at) The same party as above [Q.118]. The game of dice is over, and they are lunching inside the tent. [Remarks] L.140"

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Same picnic party as seen in 1998.286.128.1 & 2 [MS 06/02/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Picnic party at Stony Park in Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.171.2.html>.

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Picnic party at Stony Park in Lhasa