Hmong (Meo) boy with bird traps

Photographer

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

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Toua Xiong (Tuam Xyooj), a White Hmong boy posing while holding traps for catching birds, was later given an adult name. He is now known as Sai Toua Xiong (Xaiv Tuam Xyooj) and lives in Orleans, France. Behind him, pigs feed on corn or rice that has dropped out of the storage hut on the right.