China, A number of mendicants, some of whom are suffering from leprosy, beg at the roadside with their woven bowls. Both men and women wear wide-brimmed conical hats. Original manuscript caption: Beggars and Lepers. Shikwan, circa 1905. 1998/028/1/1/27.

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Mendicants beg by the roadside, China

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