Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Photograph of a Burmese princess (or dancer), taken in a studio in Delhi around 1890 by Felice Beato (1825-c. 1907). The photograph shows a woman holding a long cheroot and wearing a heavily decorated set of garments and accessories, including a crown and a wrap-around skirt (hta-mein). The latter is worn underneath a richly embroidered garment made of flaring panels.