Nepali cooly girls at Darjeeling tea field, c.1910.

Darjeeling, tea field, Traditional Nepali, Cooly Girls, costumes, Nepal costume, fashion history

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.




Note:  Young Hindu girl from the upper class.
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