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  • Manchu ladies buying hair ornaments, Peking, Pechilie province, China
  • Japanese market scene: vendors are shown selling combs and hair ornaments, sandals, cloth, rice paste cakes and wigs. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1865.
  • The head and shoulders of a woman looking to the right who wears her hair combed back and a head ornament; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • The head and shoulders of a woman looking to the right who wears her hair combed back and a head ornament; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • Hair pieces, combs, hair slides and other appliances. Etching.
  • Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Women attending the theatre in Buenos Aires are wearing very large, ornate head dresses, which makes it very difficult for men to talk to them. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle, 1834.
  • A woman is walking down the street in Buenos Aires wearing a very large head dress which is knocking people over and poking them in the eye. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is knocking down the wall of a house so that a woman wearing a very large head dress can get out. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Actors in role: a young lover/rebel Shirai Gompachi reading a love letter while being led along by a courtesan's child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • A well-dressed Hindu ascetic or holy man receiving gifts from a richly dressed woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Fukien province, China: women tea plantation workers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Fukien province, China: women tea plantation workers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: an old woman standing by a chair. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: an old woman standing by a chair. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • The third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • An emaciated Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated on a knoll under a tree, with his left hand held over his head; a richly dressed woman pours liquid into his bowl. Gouache painting.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.