Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag which feel almost as if

which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed

but good for whatever little odds and ends now

crayon on paper with ink lettering

Weaver on reverse

and with  just a partial view of an urn in front of her

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag which feel almost as ifI 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