item details
NameThe Asia Magazine
ProductionThe Asia Magazine; publisher; 23 September 1962
Classificationtear sheets, magazines
Materialsprinting paper, printing ink
Techniquescolour printing
Registration NumberCA000837/002/0001/0004
Overview
Tears sheets from 'The Asia Magazine' featuring an article on "The doctor in the desert' - photographs by Brian Brake.
The front cover depicts a "Palaung woman from Kayah State in Burma who wears brass coils around her neck. The custom, now dying out. consisted of fittings rings around the neck at an early age and adding more as the child grew. It was thought to add to the beauty of the tribeswomen."