Image: Duan Qun Miao women from a One Hundred Miao Pictures album, pre-1912

Description: Three women wearing very short skirts and midriff-baring tops are seen collecting plants in the mountains while a man looks on. A Chinese-language poem in the upper left corner describes how the Duan Qun Miao (literally Short Skirt Miao) are named for their dress (sometimes described as miniskirts although this is a post-1960s term). The album was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), probably around 1900.
Title: Duan Qun Miao women from a One Hundred Miao Pictures album, pre-1912
Credit: http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/Chinese/page32.html; University of Calgary library.
Author: Unknown
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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