Cooly Girls (Nepali) picking tea.
Traditional Nepali Cooly Girls costumes c.1910.
Source: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.
Nepali cooly girls at Darjeeling tea field, c.1910.
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by Virginia Postrel (Author)
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