Colour slide taken in Bhutan. The monk shown in the photograph is a Ningma Pa (red hat sect) monk, who prays for people who feed him.
Slide of a itinerant monk near Nikka Chu (bridge) between Thimpu and Thongsa
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Coastlands Koken and sea wall
object | ARC/GUP/002/221
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colour transparency of four men building a canoe
object | ARC/GUP/004/038
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Drying tobacco leaves near Igbetti
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/547/006
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Slide of the Thimpu school of thangka painting
object | ARC/BAL/003/134
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