Social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states

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Ge Guoluo (Ge Lolo) family carrying loads. The woman holds a spindle in her hand to indicate that the tribe uses the fibres of the ge plant for spinning, from .

Pozi (Poren) looking civilized.

Bulong Miao. A musical scene of the Bulong Miao tribe who belong to the Buyi ethnic group. Two women are dancing while two men play the mouth-organ (sheng) and two others beat a brass drum.

Lama. Two monks of the Lama tribe selling beads.

Hei Miao, Three fierce fighting men from the Hei Miao (Black Miao) tribe being appeased by three women.

[Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

Map of Huoqing zhou, in Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan Provonce. The Poyi live in the Huoqing area. The pictorial map shows the walled city in the centre. The places in the surroundings are tagged by their Chinese names.

Nuzi hunting with bow and arrow

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[Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

Ge Guoluo (Ge Lolo) family carrying loads. The woman holds a spindle in her hand to indicate that the tribe uses the fibres of the ge plant for spinning, from .

Bulong Miao. A musical scene of the Bulong Miao tribe who belong to the Buyi ethnic group. Two women are dancing while two men play the mouth-organ (sheng) and two others beat a brass drum.

Map of Huoqing zhou, in Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan Provonce. The Poyi live in the Huoqing area. The pictorial map shows the walled city in the centre. The places in the surroundings are tagged by their Chinese names.

Nuzi hunting with bow and arrow