Joseph Gaye Collection: Views of Nepal and India, 1888-1899. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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Collection of glass plate negatives and photographs taken by Joseph Gaye in Nepal and India, 1888-1899. The collection is in three parts. Photo 1424/1, 91 glass plate negatives, 1888-1899. Photo 1424/2, Five cellulose acetate negatives, probably taken around these dates or later. Photo 1424/3, 32...
[A boy chopping wood. He is wearing traditional Newari clothing - a tapālan (long shirt), suruwā (tight fitting trousers) and a waistcoat - and working in front of a single story, metal-roofed building.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a boy chopping wood. He is wearing traditional Newari clothing - a tapālan (long shirt), suruwā (tight fitting trousers) and a waistcoat - and working in front of a single story, metal-roofed building.
[An unidentified man posed wearing sayn kaytā.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of an unidentified man posed wearing sayn kaytā (traditional Newari men's trousers), a long shirt held in place with ties and a cummerbund. Sayn kaytā are usually gathered at the knee and held in place with string but this man has left them loose for the photograph.
Group of Newar Merchants [People are gathered in front of a shop on the first floor of a substantial Newar-style building. Kathmandu Valley.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of people are gathered in front of a shop on the first floor of a substantial Newar-style building. Kathmandu Valley.
Nepalese dancing girl. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and gā (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments, l...