Book
Notes on the ethnology of Tibet
Smithsonian Institution • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1895 • Pages: 665-747 , plates
By: Rockhill, William Woodville.
Abstract
This book deals with all aspects of Tibetan life, but relies heavily on other sources to supplement the author's own experience. Its main value lies in its description of Tibetan material culture, especially the description and the illustration of numerous artifacts in the Tibetan collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Samuel Chu ; 1955
- Field Date
- 1888-1892
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Tibet
- Notes
- By William Woodville Rockhill
- Some scattered information on West Tibet, Sikkim, Nepal, etc. is included in the book but has not been indexed for other than the Tibet file
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 14019798
- LCSH
- Ethnology--China--Tibet Autonomous Region