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1998.285.493.1 (Film negative)
1998.285.493.1 (Film negative)
Unknown photographer
Sir Charles Bell
1904-1922
Chumbi Valley Region
1998.285.493.1
137mm x 80mm
Negative film nitrate
Donated 1983
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Lantern
Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell; Royal Central Asiatic Society
Not Bell? Kennedy or Rosemeyer?
P.192
BL.P.192
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
'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] XXIII. [Subject of Chapter] The People. [Subject of illustration] P.192 (b) Carrying water in Chumbi Valley."
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.158:" 'A short, wooden barrel with a hole in the board that covers the top' ". [MS 10/9/2004]
Other Information - Cultural Background: "Women milk the cows and make the butter. Ploughing is man's work; other agricultural operations, as mentioned above, are shared between them. Both men and women carry water, employing for this purpose a short, wooden barrel with a hole in the board that covers the top." The People of Tibet' Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, p.158. [MS 10/9/2004]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Man carrying water"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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