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Tibet: Kamba Bombo warns Sven Hedin not to proceed further south towards Lhasa.

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Date

Decr 20 [19]02

Artist

Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952)

Collection

Wellcome Library

Image Link

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/y7mrs4h7

Description

Drawing by F.C. Dickinson, 1902, after Sven Hedin.
Episode described by Hedin in his book Central Asia and Tibet: towards the holy city of Lassa, London 1903, vol. 2, chapter X, pp. 376-383. Kamba Bombo, governor (bombo) of Nakkchu (Nag Tshu), visits Hedin on behalf of the Dalai Lama, and draws his hand across his throat to indicate Hedin's fate should he proceed further
Inscription: FCD
Additional makers: Dickinson, F. C.

Image Licence

CC BY 4.0

Image Credit

image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

Location

Tibet

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Weapons
People

Category

People & Society

TWW Comment

See "http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/language/en.html.en" for an amazing source of scanned books. This allowed me to follow up on the book mentioned in the inscription and pinpoint the place where Sedin was turned back

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