The coiffure of a Shantou woman

A portrait of a Pepohoan woman, Baksa, Taiwan

A thirty-six year old Pepohoan man, Baksa, Taiwan

A photograph of a painting by Bessie L'Evesque Pirkis, of Amy Pirkis and baby Georgie Pirkis, with their Chinese amahs

Portrait of a woman, with pipe and a vase of flowers

Portrait of a woman, with a pipe

Six actors with unusual hairstyles

Itinerant barber plaiting a customer's queue, Peking

A woman with bound feet beside a bird cage hanging in a tree

Manchu women in street, by pailou

Three young women

Two women and a boy, in a garden

William Edward Vacher's amah, with Annie, Shanghai

Two male servants, Shanghai

An amah with Mrs Webb's child, Shanghai

Board game in progress, by the side of a street, Peking

Barbers and customers, Peking

Barbering on board a ship

Barbers, appearing to be at work for the camera, Peking

Various hairstyles of Revolutionary soldiers, Xinhai Revolution