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Title: Tibetan monks, West Bengal, ca.1920
Creator: Hefferan, A, The Himalayan Art Studio, Darjeeling, fl. 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1920
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
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Description: "Tibetan mendicants - photo by A Hefferan." Portrait of two men dressed as traditional Tibetan Buddhist monks with padded long robes and pointed hats. They each hold up a rattle drum in one hand and a bell in the other hand. ❧ This photograph belongs to an album of mixed photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 14.5 x 19.7 cm.
Identifier: impa-a-nls-75638633-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78584
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75638633-1.jpg
Subject: Beggars
Buddhism
Monks
Musical instruments
Studio portraits
Time Period: circa 1920
Place: Asia
Dārjiling
India
West Bengal
Source: Acc.7548/F/4 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75638631 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from various mission fields collected by Dr. Stevenson
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