Akha women drying the indigo colored cloth in the village of Phate in Houa Khong Province

Photographer

Bowman, James

Date

• January 2, 1973

Summary

• Two Akha women are seated on the porch of an Akha house in the village of Phate (PC 4793) in Houa Khong Province drying indigo colored cloth which eventually will be made into traditional clothing. A village swayback pig forages in front of the porch. A trough for feeding the pigs is in the foreground.