Image title: Thakali vessels of metal alloy (1)

Thakali vessels of metal alloy with spout for drinking water.

The text in Devanagari reads:

पानी पिउने ढलौटका करुवाहरु

Transliteration (IAST):

pānī piune ḍhalauṭakā karuvāharu

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

pani piune dhalautaka [thalautka] karuvaharu [karuvahru].

Gallery information:

The Thakali people are an indigenous ethnic group from Nepal whose rise of power can be dated to the mid-19th century. The Thakalis originate from Thak Khola, north-west of Pokhara, western Nepal. Thy are primarily Buddhist practitioners. The Thakali language represents a branch of the Tibet-Barman family, related to languages such as Gurung and Magar.