Photographs20th century
This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny
1979
Artists
Kraipit PhanvutArtist
Dimensions
17.8 × 26.4 cm (7 × 10 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Doug and Joan Hansen, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.
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