Hmong (Meo) with rifle

Photographer

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

Date

• 1957

Summary

• Ka Neng Thao (Nkaj Neeb Thoj) (left) and Tong Cher Thao (Tooj Tsawb Thoj) (right) pose with their rifles in the village of Kiu Katiam. Notice the flasks of gunpowder around their necks. It is also interesting to note that Ka Neng Thao (Nkaj Neeb Thoj) is wearing a French-style beret. A wind tower introduced by Father Yves Bertrais of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is in the background. Ka Neng Thao (Nkaj Neeb Thoj) now (2006) lives in Orleans, France, while Tong Cher Thao (Tooj Tsawb Thoj) is deceased.