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Chapter Nine. The Girls' Club of Punkhung |
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Punkhung houses; carvings |
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Though the chief of Punkhung is not a "great Ang," but only belongs to the "small Ang clan", his house is a stately building about 100 feet long, and his wealth appears to be considerable. In one of the many dark rooms there is a great wooden bench carved with hornbills' heads. It is his throne, which only he and his son may use, and in the failing light of the afternoon I found him there covered with his cloth, peacefully sleeping. |
