The Snapshots in Time Collection

Four Karen Women in Traditional Silver Ornamentation, Burma, WWII China-Burma-India Theater

Four Karen Women in Traditional Silver Ornamentation, Burma, WWII China-Burma-India Theater

Four Karen women stand in traditional ceremonial dress, adorned with layered silver necklaces and woven skirts, inside a bamboo house in Burma during World War II. The Karen, a Burmese ethnic minority and steadfast Allied partners during the Burma Campaign, maintained strong Christian communities established through decades of missionary contact, reflected in this photograph's association with a local church service. Project: 218032