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Photograph album

Description

Page eleven of a photograph album relating to the work of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship International in a Protestant Christian village in the Chiang Rai province of northern Thailand, called Elephant Valley or Ho Sa, compiled by May Wilson: Asia, South East Asia, Thailand, Chiang Rai, 1970s - 1980s

Museum reference

D.2017.5.11

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Photograph album

Production information

Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand, Southeast Asia

Date

1970s - 1980s

Style / Culture

Akha

Materials

Cardboard, Photographic print

Associations

Wilson, May 1947 (b.) - 1986 (fl.)
Overseas Missionary Fellowship International (UK)

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