Akha woman in complete traditional dress in Houa Khong Province
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- Created Date
- 1972
- Description
Chudi is the name of this Akha woman. She is the wife of the USAID Ban Houei Sai field assistant, Pencha. Pencha was the primary liaison between the school project at Phate (PC 4793) and the USAID office in Ban Houei Sai, Houa Khong Province. The red purse and shoes are not traditional Akha woman's dress but local market purchase. The headdress is made up of silver bands and several bands of colored beads. The hanging pompoms on the headdress are red and made from dyed gibbon fur. Several bands of colored beads are draped across her chest. The square fasteners on the blouse are made from pure silver crafted by Akha silversmiths. The leggings are decorated with red and blue applique pieces of cloth and strands of white beads. The blouse has red and blue applique cloth on the shoulders and sleeves.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Akha (Southeast Asian people)
Women
Clothing and dress
Houakhong (Laos)
Silver
Headdresses
Footwear
Leggings
Handbags
Laos - Type
- image
- Format
- Color photograph
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- Akha woman in complete traditional dress in Houa Khong Province. 1972. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6ZBMN2VHR737R8V. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1972) Akha woman in complete traditional dress in Houa Khong Province. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6ZBMN2VHR737R8V
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6ZBMN2VHR737R8V>.