Siam (Thailand): a khon (masked dance drama) and lakhon (acting) troupe. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

A troupe of twenty-six dancers and musicians, some with elaborate costumes and masks: fifteen are girls, seven boys, and four men. In the background is a traditional bamboo house with a pandanus thatched roof together with sugar cane and banana trees. Fifteen of those present are lakhon performers. Eleven of them are on the left (one standing resting a sword on her shoulder, four seated along an rattan chair, and six kneeling behind the musicians), two sit on the floor in the centre, and two on the seat on the right. The six khon performers perform a scene from the Ramakien, derived from the Ramayana. They include (centre) a yaksha (giant) fighting with Phra Ram; to the right of them, two other yakshas; seated on the seat to right, Tosakanth, the demon king; and far right, possibly Indrachit, one of the sons of Tosakanth. In front are four musicians and a child. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.