Blue Hmong (Hmong Njua) skirt in Houa Khong Province
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- Created Date
- 1972-12-31
- Description
Two Blue Hmong (Hmong Njua) women inspect a newly embroidered, pleated skirt. The skirt is worn by women in the village of Houei Nok Keng, in the vicinity of the town of Dan Thine (PC 5830), in Houa Khong Province. Both women are wearing silver neck rings and have the traditional Blue Hmong hairstyle with a large coil of hair on the top of the head. The villagers of Houei Nok Keng are refugees from Muang Sai in Luang Prabang Province.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Hmong (Asian people)
Hmong Njua (Asian people)
Women
Clothing and dress
Needlework
Houakhong (Laos)
Silver
Refugees
Skirts
Hairstyles
Necklaces
Laos - Type
- image
- Format
- Color photograph
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- Blue Hmong (Hmong Njua) skirt in Houa Khong Province. 1972-12-31. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/7BFB4MNGES5D28R. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1972-12-31) Blue Hmong (Hmong Njua) skirt in Houa Khong Province. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/7BFB4MNGES5D28R
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/7BFB4MNGES5D28R>.