Young Indian noble girl in sari, choli and veil.

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Young Indian noble girl in sari, choli (bodice) and veil with bracelets and necklaces. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

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