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Ta Lama and Tunyik Chembo

Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/BAI/2/23

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Reference
RSAA/SC/BAI/2/23
Title
Ta Lama and Tunyik Chembo
Date
[1904]
Description

Glass slide, taken by F M Bailey during the Younghusband Mission to Tibet, 1903-4. Numbered: 73 (green circular sticker). Title on slide: Ta Lama & Tunyik Chembo. Image features: Four male Tibetans, two seated, two standing behind. Copy negative, contact sheet and low contrast 'postcard' print made (2004).

See L A Waddell, Lhasa and its Mysteries (1905), p. 271: "The peace delegates came clad in brilliant yellow silks, amber and old gold, headed by the Ta Lama, a good-natured old man, with prominent teeth, and more like a farmer than a priest (see sketch, p. 416). They included the Grand Lama's chief secretary or Tung-yik Chembo, named Lopu Tsang, a crafty and masterful monk...."

Held by
Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Language
English
Physical description
1 glass slide and surrogate
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Access is restricted to the copy print.

Physical condition
Plate size: 3¼ x 3¼" (English lantern).
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/636c92c4-d960-4fc4-a480-96dc0fbfe84d/

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RSAA/SC/BAI

Bailey, Frederick Marshman, 1882-1967, Lieutenant Colonel

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Younghusband Mission to Tibet (Box 2)

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Ta Lama and Tunyik Chembo