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Pepohoan Women; Mode of Carrying Child; Costume of Baksa Women; Lakoli

c. 1868
Collotype, pl. IV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
12.6 × 11.5 cm (5 × 4.5 in)

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