Hereditary Chief Paul Sam Sr. looks into the distance to the right, and sun bathes his face from that direction. He has red ocher paint (tumulh) on his face. The sunlight is soft on his face and reflects in his glasses. He wears traditional regalia and holds one hand to the side of his face, resting on his feather headdress

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