Photo of the Month: February

An elderly Red Yao (Son Dao in Vietnamese: ‘the red waxed heads’) woman is being helped wearing her turban: three layers of red cotton decorated with pompons (or French 20-cent silver coins, when for ceremonial use). Women in this community shave off their eyebrows and foreheads, traditionally a sign of beauty. The women in this village made the cushions I sell during my exhibition ‘Let’sch Focus‘ in Amsterdam.

Red Yao (Son Dao) woman in Vietnam

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