File:Tibetan Lhacham, Tibet (c1879) Sarat Chandra Das (RESTORED) (4119301758).jpg

English: Entitled: Tibetan Lhacham (Princess), Tibet [c1879] Sarat Chandra Das [RESTORED]. I did simple spotting and scratch reduction, contrast and tone adjustments, and then had to repair a series of what appeared to be deep emulsion cracks that were spread across her face like she had been tattooed by static electricity. I then cropped the extra top and added a bit of background horizontal to make a squared image.

The original resides in one of those "they're holding it for the sake of mankind" syndicates called the Royal Geographical Society. Meanwhile nobody gets to ever see any of this stuff unless they pay for it; that's the new meaning of public domain.

According to Journey to Lhasa and central Tibet p. 119 by Sarat Chandra Das: The next day we reached Dongtse by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We found the Dahpon's wife, a lady of about thirty, and his sister, Je-tsun Kusho, in the central room of the fifth floor of the castle (phodrang).

The Lhacham was dressed in a Mongol robe; on her head was a crown-shaped ornament studded with precious stones and pearls of every size. Pearl necklaces, strings of amber and coral hung over her breast, and her clothes were of the richest Chinese satin brocades and the finest native cloth.