Nostalgic Mountains – An Indigenous Girl

Part of Huang Tse-hsiu's ?"High Mountains, Ancient Affections" ?series, the 1956 photo is a portrait of an Atayal princess in the village of Wulai. Posed on a riverbank hillside, the girl is sitting sideways, her body half-turned toward the camera, her pretty, young face square to the lens. Her long dark hair and the necklace of wild boar's teeth add to the work's aura of primeval youthful beauty.