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Title
Miao women in traditional dress, Sichuan, China, ca.1935
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Head dress. The Miao aboriginals of W. China. This is only worn by the married women., The hair is arranged in the shape of a horn and placed on the top of the head.. H. Parson Torang" Six women and one girl, all in their native dress. Three of the women have their hair styled into the horn desribed with the photo, and three of the women are wearing the full headdress.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.7 x 8.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10157 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG022-013-0146-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10157
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG022-013-0146-0003.jpg
Subject
Fashion
Customs and traditions
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG022/013/0146/0003 [File]
Relation
Daniel S. and Jane Balderston Dye Papers
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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