A Nung girl in this monochrome image is a daughter of Nuwang village headman's daughter ('Agyi kasha' can be translated into 'headman's child'). According to Green who took this picture the Nungs are particularly good at basket work and all work in cane. Photograph of James Henry Green taken in Kachin Land in the 1920s.
Photographic Print; Nung village, totem poles. [Nung Manau posts in front of the house.] (Researcher's notes in brackets)
This picture was taken when James Henry Green...
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