Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1908-1921

Region

Gyantse Region > Dongtse > Palha House

Accession number

1998.285.353.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Palha Mansion at Dongtse. Partial view of house showing balconies and courtyard area

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

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.324

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.324

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] XVI. [Subject of Chapter] The Aristocracy [Subject of Illustration] H.324 (h) Palha Mansion at Dongtse. [Where placed - book page] I,2. [Remarks] L.72 (D.L)"

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.2: "Mansion of the Pal-ha family at Dongtse in southern Tibet"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Palha Mansion, Dongtse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.353.1.html>.

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Palha Mansion, Dongtse