Ethnic group

Scope and content :

The collection consists of 126 photographs which were taken by Prasert Chaipikusit during his social science research about hill-tribes people in Thailand. They were taken in different period of time; 1968-1970, 1974-1977, 1984-1985, and 1998 . The material is photograph of Lisu Karen Aka Lahu and Mlabri in Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Mae Hong Son, and Uthai Thani. The picture portrayed the way of life of each ethnic group; house, food, traditional costume, ceremony, agriculture, as well as belief and ritual like spirit worship and ancestral worship.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 126 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Prasert Chaipikusit , 2007.

System of arrangemant :

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restrictions on access.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

11. Reference : PC-1-011

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu man praying to Ar Pa Moo He for protection and happiness for himself and his family. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

12. Reference : PC-1-012

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu house, raised one meter from the ground with a platform, with wooden posts and walls made from planks. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

13. Reference : PC-1-013

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu mortar for pounding rice. Now rare, having largely been replaced by mechanical rice mills, this type of mortar can still be seen in the Lisu New Year ceremony. Such mortars are used for making glutinous rice for the dessert known as Khao Puk. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

14. Reference : PC-1-014

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Lisu two-wheeled toy truck for carrying objects. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

15. Reference : PC-1-015

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | This traditional physician is massaging the patient’s chest with two fingers in order to promote the free circulation of blood. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

16. Reference : PC-1-016

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A shot of a hill tribe village taken from another mountain. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

17. Reference : PC-1-017

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Timber, having been felled, is left to dry in the sun, before being used as firewood or fuel. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

18. Reference : PC-1-018

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | An elderly Lisu old man praying to Ar Pa Moo He for protection and happiness for himself and his family | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

19. Reference : PC-1-019

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | Lowland areas in the foothills are used by the Karen for rice cultivation. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

20. Reference : PC-1-020

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand

| 1968 | A Karen village in Banrai District, Uthai Thani Province in 1976. | Photograph

by : Prasert Chaipikusit

Ethnic groups in northern Thailand