Monday, 2 July 2018

Afridi of the Kohat Pass, 1861


Afridi of the Kohat Pass, 1861. From "The people of India" by Watson and Kaye.




"The subject of the plate is fully armed. His gun has a rude flint lock instead of a match, and he wears a short sabre with knives or daggers in his girdle. He has a turban scarf of coarse blue muslin, and wears a white tunic and loose drawers."
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