A chieftain and female of the Ghiljee (غلجي) tribe from Kalat-e-Ghiljee (قلات غلجي), 1840 (c). Painting by James Atkinson.
James Atkinson writes: The dress of the Giljee female, as here shown, is that of the poorer class. It is remarkable for the peculiar manner in which their hair is made to act a partial veil, by being brought over the forehead, plastered with gum, and then wound in a flat circle round a piece of green grass."
"Kakur Khan (whose portrait is here given) an influential Chief of the Shaboodeen Khail".
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