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Bhutia man from Lachung in North S[ikkim]. Long braid is typical [for] men

Bhutia man from Lachung in North S[ikkim]. Long braid is typical [for]...

Photograph shows a Bhotia man, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding hat, Sikkim. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (L... More

Bhutia couple drinking millet beer from a straw on their house terrace in Western Sikkim

Bhutia couple drinking millet beer from a straw on their house terrace...

Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in western Sikkim]

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in...

Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05-2612 and LC-KAN05-2613. Date on slide: "Aug. 71" possibly reflects date of later use or publication. Published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Ali... More

Portrait photo of "Bhotia" villager in North Sikkim

Portrait photo of "Bhotia" villager in North Sikkim

Photograph shows a man with a sack over his shoulder, standing in a snow covered landscape. Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Title from accompanying caption supplied by the photographer. For... More

King of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

King of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, receiving white scarves as a sign of purity and an open heart on his birthday, from a Bhotia man, Gangtok, Sikkim.