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A portrait of Lepchas, West Bengal, India, c1910. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
A portrait of Lepchas, West Bengal, India, c1910. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
A portrait of Lepchas, West Bengal, India, c1910. The Lepcha are the aboriginal inhabitants of present day Sikkim. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan, the Ilam District of eastern Nepal and even the hills of West Bengal. They are also known as the Rong, Rongke, or Rongpa. Plate taken from Views of Darjeeling with Typical Native Portraits and Groups by J. Burlington Smith, published by Hood & Co. Ltd (Middlesbrough, c1910).
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
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Image size:
3500 x 4990 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
29.6 x 42.2 cm | 11.7 x 16.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1910S • 20TH CENTURY • ABORIGINAL • ABORIGINE • ASIA • ASIAN • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BURLINGTON-SMITH • CENTURY • CLOTHES • CONTINENT • COSTUME • COUNTRY • DIRECT GAZE • DRESS • FAMILY • FEMALE • FOLK COSTUME • GIRL • GIRLS • GROUP PORTRAIT • GUY • HINDOOSTAN • HOOD & CO. LTD • INDIA • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • J BURLINGTON SMITH • J BURLINGTON • J BURLINGTON-SMITH • J • JEWELLERY • JEWELRY • LEPCHA • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NATIONAL DRESS • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PUBLICATION • ROBE • ROBES • SIKKIM • SIKKIMESE • SMITH • TRADITIONAL COSTUME • TRADITIONAL DRESS • VIEWS OF DARJEELING WITH TYPICAL NATIVE PORTRAITS AND GROUPS • WEST BENGAL
