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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description

Buddhist monument, chorten, with Potala in the background.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description

Tibetan beggars sitting in wait for pilgrims, beside the Sacred Way around the Potala at Lhasa. The wall of their tent, behind them, is built entirely of sheep horns.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description

Devout pilgrim, prostrating his way around the sacred walk around the Dalai Lama's winter palace (the Potala) at Lhasa. Each time, he progresses the length of his body. He is wearing slabs of wood to protect his hands.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description

Yak-skin boats being carried up river by the boatmen. They look like huge, two
legged beetles.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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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.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944