Caption: Date: 1966-11
Location: Hile, Dhankuta
Description: Tamang woman with elaborate necklaces. She wears the traditional Tibetan coral and turquoise neckless plus a strand of rupee coins dating back to the English Raj as symbols of her wealth. Man behind is a trader from southern Nepal. In 1966 Hile had only been established for a few years by Tibetans who had escaped Chinese persecution in Tibet. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, Peter Von Mertens, portrait
