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Image Not Available for A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
Image Not Available for A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.

A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.

Creator Dorien Leigh
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 22.9 x 17.8 cm (9 x 7 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/5736
LocationNot currently on display

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Dorien Leigh
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Photograph
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