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  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. A street in Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres). Men relax outside a store. In the mid-1980s, Nepal was rigidly patriarchical although Sherpa women had more autonomy than other groups. Women generally had limited access to markets, education, health care and local government. Malnutrition and poverty hit them the hardest, and female children were usually given less food than male children, especially during food shortages.
  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres), a bustling and prosperous market town, is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu. Many of its Tibetan-style houses devote the ground floor to animal shelters while the family lives upstairs. Most have windows and doors at the front of the building only, the back being built into the side of the mountain. Firewood is stacked against walls, and small terraced fields grow staples (potatoes, barley, wheat). At left is a Buddhist shrine or stupa, on each side of which is painted the eyes of the Buddha. Prayer flags are strung out from its summit.
  • The bazaar of the coppersmiths in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • The bazaar of the coppersmiths in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • A man weighing sweet meats to sell to women in a bazaar. Gouache, 18--.
  • The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo with a man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo with a man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo with a man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • A man selling medicinal drugs to a woman in a bazaar in Constantinople. Colour lithograph after Preziosi, 1857.
  • The arab bath-house in the marketplace, Cairo, Egypt. Wood engraving by R. Bre... after E. Berninger.
  • A market vendor selling rice from his store. Gouache painting.
  • Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Bazaar at Murshidabad, West Bengal. Etching by James Moffat, ca. 1808.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.
  • The Plague Expedition to Anzob in Russian Turkestan. Photograph album by A.M. Levin, 1899.