Kammu (Khmu') boy with charcoal

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Main highway south of Luang Prabang town, near the village of Xieng Ngeun. This boy waits with the charcoal in the hopes of selling it to a passerby. See "Economy and Society of Laos: A Brief Survey," in particular the section on "Lao-Tribal Interdependence," pp. 122-123.