Kammu (Khmu') girls in Nam Bak

Photographer

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

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Although upland peoples such as these Kammu (Khmu') women do not engage in weaving, they do have a cultural preference for black clothing and striped Lao-Thai skirts as pictured here. They are clustered around a building which serves as a shop; unlike the village homes in the background it is not on stilts.