Portrait of an unknown woman from the Bhutia community of Sikkim, photograph, page, inscription: 'BHOTIA FEMALE., TRANS-HIMALAYAN., SIKHIM.', number: '(45)', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Sikkim, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, paper, albumen print, height 175 mm x width 129 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A portrait of a woman shown from the chest upward inside an oval frame, with dark hair braided over one shoulder and a solemn facial expression; she wears layered clothing and multiple long beaded necklaces with large and small beads, and a circular earring visible on one ear.
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Portrait of an unknown woman from the Bhutia community of Sikkim, photograph, page, inscription: 'BHOTIA FEMALE., TRANS-HIMALAYAN., SIKHIM.', number: '(45)', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Sikkim, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, paper, albumen print, height 175 mm x width 129 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A portrait of a woman shown from the chest upward inside an oval frame, with dark hair braided over one shoulder and a solemn facial expression; she wears layered clothing and multiple long beaded necklaces with large and small beads, and a circular earring visible on one ear.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B03_445

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Portrait unknown woman Bhutia community Sikkim photograph page inscription Bhotia Female Trans-Himalayan Sikhim number 45 photographer Benjamin Simpson c 1858 - 1868 paper albumen print height 175 mm x width 129 mm human races peoples nationalities portrait woman shown chest upward inside oval frame dark hair braided shoulder solemn facial expression wears layered clothing multiple long beaded necklaces large small beads circular earring visible ear

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