Singer from Kashmir. Indian female costume c. 1910.
Source: The people of India. Painting by Mortimer Menpes. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London 1910.

Source: The people of India. Painting by Mortimer Menpes. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London 1910.
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