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...
The Doctor's Bungalow, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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The Residency surgeon's house in the British Residency complex at Lainchaur, Kathmandu, showing the small hospital building at the back. (Ref. Ballantine, Henry, "On India's Frontier", J. Selwin Tait & Sons, New York, 1895.) A photograph from 1954 shows this building was remodeled with upper ...
[Two unidentified men, one wearing the Royal Nepalese Army uniform and holding a baton.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of two unidentified men, one wearing the Royal Nepalese Army uniform and holding a baton. (same: JGC 017) Corresponds to Photo 1424/1(17) (glass plate negative).
[A view of the Hanuman Dhoka (doorway), Kathmandu, from the west.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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A view of the Hanuman Dhoka (doorway), Kathmandu, from the west. The Hanuman Dhoka takes its name from the statue of Hanuman, Rama's monkey devotee who embodies heroism and intellectual excellence with unwavering devotion to God. The doorway in turn gives its name to the whole Kathmandu palace co...
[A view of the Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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A view of the Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south. The photograph was taken from the east steps of the Vishwanath Temple, a detail of which fills the right edge of the photograph. The temple was built in 1627 by King Narasimha. Narayan Chok - the oldest palace of the Malla kings - is in ...
[A view of the Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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A view of the Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south. The elephants of the Vishvanath Temple fill the right side of the photograph. The temple was built in 1627 by King Narasimha. A pillar supporting a statue of Garuda, Vishnu's mount, rises behind the elephants. The large two-tiered pagoda...