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[Lepcha man in traditional bamboo hat and woven clothing holding knife in Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha man in traditional bamboo hat and woven clothing holding knife...

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 156, where image appears with caption "Lepcha man in tradit... More

Lepcha farmer at home in a Lepcha tribe house, animals live downstairs, family upstairs

Lepcha farmer at home in a Lepcha tribe house, animals live downstairs...

Photograph shows Shinglay Lama standing outside his farmhouse with a goat, Singhik, Sikkim. Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photogr... More

[Lepcha women in traditional clothing in Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha women in traditional clothing in Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 157, where image appears with caption "Women in Lepcha cost... More

Ancient art of weaving with self-supported back-strap loom. [...] This Sikkimese girl is weaving Lepcha tribal weave cloth worn as a dress

Ancient art of weaving with self-supported back-strap loom. [...] This...

Caption continues from item: This type of weaving is found in some South American Indian tribes. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Li... More

[Lepcha man and woman standing near Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha man and woman standing near Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 156, where image appears with caption: "Lepcha man in tradi... More

King of Sikkim receives scarves, Sikkim

King of Sikkim receives scarves, Sikkim

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 Lepcha man, Gangtok, Sikkim.