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...
[A copy of a photograph of Nepali officials.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a group of Nepali officials. All are unidentified but the person in the front row wearing a sash appears to be Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and the person to his left could be his brother, Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Chandra Shumsher became the 8th Rana prime minister in 1901 fo...
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal [A group of prisoners outside what is now called the Central Jail, some grooming heads.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a group of prisoners outside what is now called the Central Jail, some grooming heads. The men are shackled with leg irons. At the centre of the photograph there appears to be visitors, including a woman. The man in white in the upper right of the photograph is seated on the steps of the ...
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a group of prisoners at the foot of the steps of the Jagannath Temple, outside what is now called the Central Jail. Most of the prisoners are sitting, some with a visiting family group, and are shackled with leg irons. Guards can be seen at the top of the steps. The Central Jail was creat...
View of a group of lepers on the banks of a river. A copy of a photograph probably taken at Khokana near Kathmandu. Khokana was established in 1857 for a member of the ruling Rana dynasty who had contracted the disease. The colony is still home to those suffering from leprosy (Hansen's disease).