Tsewang Rigzin of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance, Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Tsewang Rigzin, meme (head) Buchen from the village of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance. During the dance he will leap on to the tips of swords placed under his belly, his armpits or in his mouth. This p...
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Numbered 606 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Showing dancing girls performing before an audience of men in the verandah of a pavilion in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'A N...