Caption

Sherpa woman at Dasaain festival in Seduwa village in the Makalu region of east Nepal. The solid gold earrings and silver coins around her neck and on her headdress would have been her dowry when she married

Date

Jun 08, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER

Reference

BRK24B00_260

License type

Rights managed

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53,9Mb (2,9Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3544 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

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