Caption

Three water carriers in front of a house from the Lepcha community of Sikkim, photograph, page, number: '(50)', inscription: 'LEPCHA WATER CARRIERS., ABORIGINAL., SIKHIM.', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Sikkim, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, paper, albumen print, height 176 mm x width 129 mm, street, human races, peoples, nationalities, An oval sepia photograph shows three people posed in front of a thatched building; one person sits on a low ledge wearing a long dark garment and boots with hands resting on their knees, another stands to the left holding a tall cylindrical bundle and wearing a sleeveless top and a skirt with bare feet, and the third stands to the right leaning against the wall with a wrapped bundle by their side and wearing a long-sleeved shirt and skirt; large cylindrical containers made of a smooth material are propped against the wall and ground, the building has a rough plastered exterior and a sloping thatch roof with visible straw edges, and the ground in front of them appears uneven and bare.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_451

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49.6Mb (6.0Mb) / 10.8in x 17.8in / 3249 x 5331 (300dpi)

Keywords

Three water carriers front house Lepcha community Sikkim photograph page number 50 inscription Lepcha Water Carriers Aboriginal Sikhim photographer Benjamin Simpson c 1858 - 1868 paper albumen print height 176 mm x width 129 mm street human races peoples nationalities oval sepia photograph three people posed thatched building person sits low ledge wearing long dark garment boots hands resting knees another stands left holding tall cylindrical bundle wearing sleeveless top skirt bare feet third stands right leaning wall wrapped bundle side long-sleeved shirt large cylindrical containers smooth material propped ground building rough plastered exterior sloping thatch roof visible straw edges them uneven bare