Young Side Comb Miao woman sitting
waxing the batik which will be indigo dyed to go at the top of a
skirt. She is copying the batik from another skirt and has a lump of
bees wax in front of her on which she wipes excess wax off her waxing
instrument and a pot of melted wax sitting in a bowl of hot embers beside
her. Long Dong village, De Wo township, Longlin country, Guangxi
province |