A lithograph by William Taylor of
the Bengal Civil Service (London, 1842); punkahs were pulled from
outside, with a rope that ran through a small hole in the wall
Source: ebay, Nov. 2003
"A little accident happens to the Punka," from Harper's, 1875
Source: ebay, June 2014
The elaborate punkah arrangements
in the Kanpur Memorial Church (albumen photo, c.1880's)
Source: ebay, July 2008
An engraving, 1881
Source: ebay, Mar. 2013
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