Square Inch Anthropology

Although typical street vendors must consider how best to display the goods they sell, there are also plenty of interesting examples of vendors displaying available services. For this sidewalk-based masseuse/manicurist, the display (and advertising) is simple: the pink chair is for clients, the wired-together green plastic stool is where the masseuse sits, and the remaining stool acts as the "shelf" for holding nail-cutting tools and fragrant oils for anointing customers' feet. When I walked by, he asked whether I wanted a pedicure.