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PLATE XV

Red Karen Spirit-Posts

Every Red Karen village (cf. pp. 268-69) erects a spirit-post once a year. Villages are satisfied with bamboo, of which the white ants soon make an end; but the ones here shown are of teak and stand not far from the Karenni State of Bawlak-e.