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Visual display of the Kammu (Khmu') women--selling cicadas

Kammu (Khmu') women--selling cicadas

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Kammu (Khmu') women--selling cicadas

Author / Creator: Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-
Date: 1957
Description: A relatively prosperous Kammu woman who is dressed in a Lao skirt with jewelry for the holiday. There is a wide range among the Kammu in terms of prosperity which reflects their varying access to and abilities at the market. This woman appears relatively at ease in this setting unlike other Kammu women from more distant villages. Kammu sell and trade sesame seed, ginger, dried peppers, woven baskets for steaming rice, cotton, firewood and charcoal to the Lao (personal communication, Damrong Tayanin, Co-Director, Kammu Research Project, University of Lund, May 10, 2005).

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Photographer: Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-
Date: 1957
Collections: Joel M. Halpern Laotian Slide Collection; The Southeast Asian images & Texts Project
Description of Original: 35 mm color slide
Local identifier: 3-126b

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