In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . M ^ COSTUMES OF TIBETAN WOMEN. THE TCHUKTI hanging down their backs, for all the money or valuablesearned or saved are sewn on to the Tchukti, To thelower end of the Tclmkti one, two, or three rows of smallbrass or silver bells are attached, and therefore the ap-proach of the Tibetan dames is announced by the tink- 59 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND ling of their bells, a quaint custom, the origin of whichthey could not explain to me, beyond saying that it waspretty and that they liked it. The illustration that I o-ive here of a travellincr Tib
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . M ^ COSTUMES OF TIBETAN WOMEN. THE TCHUKTI hanging down their backs, for all the money or valuablesearned or saved are sewn on to the Tchukti, To thelower end of the Tclmkti one, two, or three rows of smallbrass or silver bells are attached, and therefore the ap-proach of the Tibetan dames is announced by the tink- 59 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND ling of their bells, a quaint custom, the origin of whichthey could not explain to me, beyond saying that it waspretty and that they liked it. The illustration that I o-ive here of a travellincr Tibe-tan lady from Lhassa was taken at Tucker. She woreher hair, of abnormal length and beauty, in one hugetress, and round her head, like an aureole, w^as a circularwooden ornament, on the outer part of which were fast-ened beads of coral, glass, and malachite. The arrange-ment was so heavy that, though it fitted the head well,it had to be supported by means of strings tied to thehair and others passed over the head. By the side of herhead, and hanging by the ears and hair, w^ere a pair
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