China

Scope and content :

This series consists of 710 photographs from Sumit Pitiphat's anthropological fieldwork in China from 1996-2004. This fieldwork is a part of social and cultural study of Tai ethnic group in Guizhou, Hainan, and Yunnan. The fieldwork data focused on household, community, rites, ceremonies, marriage etc.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 710 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Sumit Pitiphat, 2010.

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)

621. Reference : SP-1-2-621

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

| 2001 | Mekong River flows through mountainous area in the upper part of Yunnan. | Photograph

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

622. Reference : SP-1-2-622

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

| 2001 | Dai people in Xiaguan near Dali in Yunnan. Intermarriage between Dai people and Lolo people practice in the area. | Photograph

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

623. Reference : SP-1-2-623

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

| 2001 | Dai people in Xiaguan, Jingzhou, marry with Bai people. | Photograph

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

624. Reference : SP-1-2-624

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

| 2001 | Dai people village. Formerly there were local governors (men from Ah Clan), engraved on the inscription in the village. At present there is the intermarriage between Dai people and Bai people, only 30 families declared that they were Dai. | Photograph

September 2001, Kunming,Yunnan

625. Reference : SP-1-2-625

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | The Tai La community is named Zhe Ge. The households are heavily populated. The roof shape of the house is quite straight cut. The walls are adobe (sub-dry brick). The technique is similar to the house-building technique of Yi people (Lolo in the group of Tibetan-Burma language). Yi people were powerful in the reign of Nan Chao Kingdom. Today The Tai La community is located in the autonomous area of the Hani-Yi-Dai where the Red River (Yuanjiang in Chinese) flows through. The Tai La is called | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

626. Reference : SP-1-2-626

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | Tai La women hold a piece of textile in cotton. The pattern is quite beautiful. This tradition is still practiced to the present days. | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

627. Reference : SP-1-2-627

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | Tai La woman is weaving. Generally, Tai La people make textile to use in the household. | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

628. Reference : SP-1-2-628

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | Tai La woman make textile to use in the household. | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

629. Reference : SP-1-2-629

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | The Tai La textile is handmade. The pattern is quite beautiful. The Tai La people live near the basin of Red River. | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

630. Reference : SP-1-2-630

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan

| 2004 | | Photograph

April 2004, Yuanjiang, Yunnan