cover image: Street scene in Bhaktapur

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Street scene in Bhaktapur

1959

Men set up pots in front of a shrine in a Bhaktapur square. Nearby, a handloom stretches horizontally over mats drying with chiles on them. A vertical loom with black yarn is also set up. Hay is drying at various places in the square.
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Authors

Halpern, Joel Martin

Collection
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Format
Photographs Slides (photographs)
Pages
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Place Discussed
Nepal Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
Nepal
Reference
Local other: mufs001-np-i0378
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/283f5b78b14746eb37f988a3b50c9c51