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gelatin silver print

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Title

Samye (Bsam yas) Monastery, Tibet, taken in 1936.

Date

1936

Measurement

height 8.9 centimetres, width 11.8 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Samye (Bsam yas) Monastery, Tibet, taken by a Lhasa Depon who accompanied the Regent when he went there in 1936 to perform the re-dedication ceremony after extensive repairs. Some of the photographs show part of the ceremony

Institution

British Library

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