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- Creators: Bryan, Alfred, 1871-1958
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
DescriptionThe Lord Chamberlain, influential monk and advisor to the Dalai Lama.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
DescriptionThe Monk Chief Secretaries, who oversee the general affairs of all Tibetan
Monasteries and select monk officials for the Tibetan government. They are the most influential body of monks in Tibet, sometimes called the "monk cabinet".
Monasteries and select monk officials for the Tibetan government. They are the most influential body of monks in Tibet, sometimes called the "monk cabinet".
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
The great mountain Chomo-lhari (Queen of the Divine Hills) which guards the main gateway into Tibet through the Himalayas. Chomo-lhari is 24,000 feet high.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Gaily caparisoned riding mules, belonging to a Tibetan official, waiting outside the Dalai Lama's palace in Lhasa. The man holding them is an attendant.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Yak-skin boats being carried up river by the boatmen. They look like huge, two
legged beetles.