HOWARD-BURY, Charles Kenneth (photographer). The Dzongpen of Kharta and his wife, 1921

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HOWARD-BURY, Charles Kenneth (photographer). The Dzongpen of Kharta and his wife, 1921

Carbon print, 304 x 427 mm., Copyright Mt. Everest Committee stamped in margin, titled and numbered in pencil on verso.

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Diary entry July 31, 1921, "After lunch I took a photo of the Jongpen and his young wife who had a very elaborate head dress of coral and pearls with masses of flase hair on either side of her head. It was rather becoming."

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