Abbot and Monks of Kargyu Monastery Africa

Abbot and Monks of Kargyu Monastery AfricaGroup of monks outside Kargyu Monastery. The Abbot of Kargyu monastery is in the centre of the image in a grey robe. His hair is uncut and knotted on the top of his head, and he wears spiral design ivory ear ornaments. Frescoes can be seen in the background Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

View of several women

A crowd of spectators sits on a nearby roof and on a fence watching the dancers

The Dalai Lama's aide-de-camp

standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate

780 in the standard Western (Gregorian) calendar

In the distance beyond one and two storey buildings in the city of Abha sit close together

holding a spear and shield

The Mission had a football team and often played amongst themselves or against local teams such as Lhasa United or the Ladakhi Mohammedans

one on each side

at a camp north of Al Ain during the party's journey between Al Ain and the Ramlat Unayq sands

In the foreground a middle-aged man and two boys walk along a covered thoroughfare in a market

Portrait of a sailor on the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai