MAKE A MEME View Large Image Hill coolies with dandy and kilta in 1863.jpg en Carte-de-visite portrait of porters one of a series of prints of ethnic types and occupations taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863 A coolie was a hired labourer or burden-carrier The term dandy was ...
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Keywords: Hill coolies with dandy and kilta in 1863.jpg en Carte-de-visite portrait of porters one of a series of prints of ethnic types and occupations taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863 A coolie was a hired labourer or burden-carrier The term dandy was applied to a kind of vehicle used in the Himalayas consisting of a strong cloth slung like a hammock and attached to a bamboo staff carried by two or more men The traveller would either sit sideways or lie on his back A kilta is a wicker basket carried on the back such as the one shown here in between the porters 1863 http //www oldindianphotos in/2009_02_01_archive html Creator Samuel Bourne other versions Custom license marker 2014 10 21 1912 Uploaded with UploadWizard Coolies in India Samuel Bourne 1863 in India
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