cover image: Women applying marks on their forehead

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Women applying marks on their forehead

1959

Women squat around a cluster of paints, painting marks on their foreheads and faces at the Father's Day festival in Gokarna, Nepal.
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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-i0342
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/e23d7ee64bd2b69fec9bf13276cb2690