Kweichow
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35mm slide: baby in baby carrier
35mm slide: being entertained inside a house
35mm slide: portrait of a man
35mm slide: mother and child
35mm slide: indigo vat
35mm slide: a woman looking at the polaroid photograph given to her by peter baldwin. he gave such photos to most of his subjects. film 6.
35mm slide: personal photographs and television inside house of well-to-do villager
35mm slide: grandmothers with embroidered squares on the fronts of their costumes.
35mm slide: man with pipe
35mm slide: weaving
35mm slide: portrait of a bearded man.
35mm slide: reeling
35mm slide: ‘gaozhai’ written on slide – this is a place mentioned on 28th september in the log book.
35mm slide: reeling
35mm slide: street scene along the way
35mm slide: a girl having her head dress put on.
35mm slide: equipment for removing husks from rice
35mm slide: market. peter baldwin wanted to buy a coolie hat but couldn’t find one.
35mm slide: friday 28th continued. butcher weighing meat in the open air
35mm slide: photographs on the wall depicting military men, inside a shop or house
35mm slide: coffins
35mm slide: another woman
35mm slide: scene in village with bridge across the river
35mm slide: the same woman holding a walking stick, pole for bag, with plimsoll sticking out of bag.
35mm slide: friday 28th an old man asked peter baldwin to take photos of his daughters. film 3
35mm slide: child with head dress in baby carrier
35mm slide: baby with headdress (similar row of amulets in collections)
35mm slide: school playground
35mm slide: looking down on a dwelling
35mm slide: school classroom
35mm slide: children playing
35mm slide: coffins
35mm slide: saturday 29th farewell line-up outside a house. rice hanging from the eaves.
35mm slide: inside a farmhouse. tea being prepared for the group.
35mm slide: bed in hotel room (oct 10th – no mosquito net, one table’?)
35mm slide: roof
35mm slide: thursday september 27th members of the tour group walking to a village
35mm slide: the group crossing a river
35mm slide: ritual paraphernalia associated with death. funeral banners and paper money. october 10th.
35mm slide: indigo tub
35mm slide: members of the tour group walking past rice fields
35mm slide: eye test in the playground at a school
35mm slide: river scene
35mm slide: portrait of a man
35mm slide: lined up, probably for welcoming ceremony
35mm slide: weaving - mentioned in log book on october 9th.
35mm slide: town
35mm slide: girl in the street
35mm slide: outhouse
35mm slide: masked man in carrying chair
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