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  • Ge Guoluo (Ge Lolo) family carrying loads. The woman holds a spindle in her hand to indicate that the tribe uses the fibres of the ge plant for spinning, from .
  • Pozi (Poren) looking civilized.
  • Bulong Miao. A musical scene of the Bulong Miao tribe who belong to the Buyi ethnic group. Two women are dancing while two men play the mouth-organ (sheng) and two others beat a brass drum.
  • Lama. Two monks of the Lama tribe selling beads.
  • Hei Miao, Three fierce fighting men from the Hei Miao (Black Miao) tribe being appeased by three women.
  • Hei Guoluo (Black Lolo) family, possibly on their way to market.
  • Bai Sharen couple on a hunting and fishing trip.
  • Hong Miao. A woman and a boy, from the Hong Miao (Red Miao) tribe, carrying food while two men are probably on their way to the fields
  • Map of Huoqing zhou, in Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan Provonce. The Poyi live in the Huoqing area. The pictorial map shows the walled city in the centre. The places in the surroundings are tagged by their Chinese names.
  • Qilao. Three men from the Qilao ethnic group drinking
  • Nuzi hunting with bow and arrow
  • Madeng longjia Maio. Two women and one man with a child, of the Madeng ('Stirr-up') Miao tribe, on their way to the fields. The woman's hairdress accounts for the name of 'Stirr-up Miao'
  • Poyi (Poren) working in the field