16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Wa woman selling silk.
The Wa people are a Chinese ethnic minority that live mainly in Yunnan Province. Wa women enlarge the holes in their ear lobes as big as the thickness of a thumb to hold big plugs of plain ivory or, more commonly, embossed silver.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 07.2018 |
| Date Uploaded: | 09.2018 |
| Photo Location: | Beijing, China |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 70D |
| Copyright: | © Vittoria Eugenia Rigutto |