Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag Wilson's Grand Aerie Fraternal Order

Wilson's Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles Military Certificate

Ink and pencil on rag paper

but good for whatever little odds and ends now

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

Weaver on reverse

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag Wilson's Grand Aerie Fraternal OrderI 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