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Place Kankibong, Sikkim, India, Asia

1. Photo 1112/5(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(65)
Title:
Lepcha woman from Kankibong in Kalimpong subdivision (half-length portrait). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of smiling woman. 'Headdress is hand-woven cloth, yellow and soiled white of same texture as that of a Lepcha chadar. Earring of silver, necklace of stones with silver rings interspersed among them. One long necklace of four-anna bits. On c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1112/5(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/5(66)
Title:
Lepcha woman from Kankibong in Kalimpong subdivision (full-length portrait). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography The same woman as seen in print 65. 'Silver ring on forefinger of left hand. Cream coloured robe of Assam silk on the outside. Black cotton robe under this.' Subjects = Bell Collection; ethnic groups; jewellery; Lepchas (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933-1934
Extent:
1 item

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