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| Keywords: Aborigines sitting in front of house, Formosa by Lai Afong, 1875.jpg Artwork Creator Lai Afong en From Getty Research Institute <br> No 63 - Savage Hut and People at Tsui-sia <br> Tsui-sia is a village on the shore of the Dragon Foot Lake The people are called the Chinese Tsui-whans water savages This tribe have long since ceased hostilities against the Chinese by whom many of their women have been taken as wives --They fish and hunt a little and grow some tobacco sweet potatoes and millet but men and women spend most of their time in smoking and drinking samshoo and they are fast falling into decay The Chinese are bad tapparoo 'm ho and we are all savages togheter is the constant burden of their song when they meet a foreigner --They have a peculiar practice of knocking out the eye teeth of their children in order it is said to assist their wind in running 1875 Black and white photograph University of Bristol Historical Photographs of China object history exhibition history credit line accession number 29103; DH-s048 place of creation Photo probably taken in Formosa Taiwan Photo most probably taken in a village called Tsui-Sia Dragon Foot Lake Formosa Sun Moon Lake Taiwan http //hpc vcea net/Database/Images ID 29103 University of Bristol PD-old-100 http //rosettaapp getty edu 1801/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet dps_pid IE796398 Getty Research Institute Lai Afong Historical images of Taiwan Sun Moon Lake Thao | ||||
