White Hmong women and girls in Houa Khong Province

Photographer

Sage, William

Date

• 1971

Summary

• Three women and two girls are clustered around one of the women holding a piece of cloth that is decorated at one end in the White Hmong village of Nam Phet (PC 5752) in Houa Khong Province. She is preparing to wrap the cloth around the head of the girl to her left, the girl without a head wrap. The girls are preparing for the Hmong New Year by wearing their finest clothing. The woman holding the cloth is also carrying a baby on her back.