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Brahmin woman

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An unidentified Brahmin woman in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], stands in front of banana leaves with her hands crossed on her lap as she looks off to the right. She wears ornate jewelry from her nose, ears...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Peasant woman carries a basket on her head

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A peasant woman in Japan carries a large, round basket with low sides on her head, as she smiles at the camera. The basket is filled with large leaves. She stands on rocky barren soil. A donkey stands...

Singhalese lady

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An unidentified Sinhalese woman in traditional clothing and jewelry rests her forearm and elbow on a table and touches her ear with her left hand in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], in a close-up photograph...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Wife from Bergen, Norway

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Native woman from Bergen, Norway, stands looking directly at the camera, wearing traditional peasant clothing. The head covering, called a skaut, indicates that this woman is married. She carries a...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Woman in repose in Tangier, Morocco

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An unidentified Moroccan woman in repose on her left side in Tangier, Morocco. Her eyes look a bit to the right and not at the camera. She boosts herself from two stacked mattresses, a mat, and two...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Woman riding a carriage by Hardanger fjord

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Photograph from the side of a woman riding a horse-drawn carriage that is stopped for a moment by Hardanger fjord, Odda harbor in Norway. A ship is anchored in the center of the fjord with its sails...

woman wearing a chador

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An unidentified woman wearing a chador covers her lips with a hand that is under the chador Tangier, Morocco, and looks directly at the camera with her head bent slightly forward. She stands in front...

Date Published
1894 to 1900