Chinese Gold Miners in Otago (NZ)
I discovered this painting of Chinese goldminers in Otago by Ben Ho, a Chinese New Zealand artist, and realized these miners are wearing berets. I started an extensive search to find more paintings, photographs, etc, but found very little.
I did find this picture (above), again of goldminers in Otago, resting in front of their stone hut. It's a small picture unfortunately, but two of the men do appear to wear a beret.
Well, as beret-lover I'd love to say that the chinese folks in the painting are wearing berets, but I think there's chance that they are sporting the traditional "chinese" hairstyle (forced upon the chinese by the Manchus, actually): shaved in the front, and long braided ponytail on the rear half of the heads... I think the braids could be rolled on the head a-la-Yulia Timoshenko for practical work.
ReplyDeleteStill, those in picture look like berets to me :)
Paolo from Italy
E medo punto capicollo. E non dimenticare di aggiungere il vino e le olive e il formaggio ahhhh il formaggio e panini!
ReplyDeleteCiao