Black and white lantern slide showing a leprosy sufferer from the Brahmin caste (spelt "Braham" in the caption to the slide). Brahmin were the highest of the four castes in the Hindu caste system of social organisation, and was the scholar or priestly class. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
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lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm lantern slides photographs
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