Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag including some rusting along the

including some rusting along the edges and scratches as documented in photos

crayon on paper with ink lettering

Weaver on reverse

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Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag including some rusting along theI purchased this from a dealer in my neck of the woods, who travelled and collected extensively, and interestingly, in Southeast Asia over many years. The text here is in Hindi, though I have not managed to translate it. What struck me first was the wonderful grid of faces of this woman at lower left, a mix of frontal and profile views with some great expressions among them, looking a whole lot like strips of photo booth selfies (or an instagram