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- Carpentry skills
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 18
- Carpenters in highland villages generally work with hand tools, using no electricity. Metal parts, generally now imported from the cities, are either forged in the village or bought pre-made from blacksmiths in larger towns. The man shown here is using a large...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam
- Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- The Old Depot Association
- The museum provides exhibits that honor the local and mountain heritage and crafts. A photographic exhibit in the Caboose Museum shows the pictures of the history of the depot and has railroad memorabilia and music of the era.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Highland man sawing board with hand tools outside house in Mai Chau
- A highland man wearing just shorts uses a large frame saw to cut a board outside an elevated wood house in Mai Chau. The man braces the board with one foot against the top of his handmade work bench. A hammer rests on the bench in the foreground. Wooden stairs...
- Format: image/photograph
- Africans before captivity
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.1
- Most Africans who came to North America were from West Africa and West Central Africa. This article describes some of the cultures and history of those regions prior to the beginning of the slave trade.
- Format: article
Resources on the web
- Caravan Kingdoms - Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade
- A beautiful exhibit which examines Yemen's stunning artistic heritage. Some of the 200 artifacts are examined showing the unique cultural traditions of the ancient kingdoms of Qataban, Saba, and Himyar in the southern Arabian Peninsula. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- NativeTech
- "An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references." (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: NativeTech
