Burma / Myanmar: An Akha woman with pipe and dog is serenaded by an Akha man with a flute.

A hand-drawn, hand-coloured watercolour from the late 19th century by an unknown Burmese artist.

The name of the ethnic group featured appears near the top of the picture in Shan script (left), Burmese script (Centre) and Khun script (right). Khun script was formerly used in Kengtung / Kyaingtong in eastern Shan State and in Lan Na or Lanna, northern Thailand.

The Akha are an ethnic minority hilltribe that is indigenous to Burma, Thailand, Laos and China’s Yunnan Province with a total population estimated to be about half a million.

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Pictures From History

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Burmese Peoples,