A Yao (Iu Mien) girl prepares tobacco for drying in the town of Nam Kheung in Houa Khong Province

Photographer

Bowman, James

Date

• 1972-1973

Summary

• A young Yao (Iu Mien) girl is seated in front of her home inserting tobacco leaves into bamboo clips that will be hung to dry before being shredded to make cigarettes or used in tobacco water pipes. The tobacco has been raised in the family garden. Seated on a bamboo and rattan stool, she draws the tobacco leaves from a basket in front of her.