Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu (Image number A.14 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu.

Kamahu were the victims of the head-hunting raid by Yungya, and no doubt had come to tell Hutton their side of the story. The man on the left has his cane hat decorated with bear or goat's hair and boar's tusks, and also wears a boar's tusk necklet denoting status gained in warfare.

Full title: Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu (Image number A.14 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Alternative titles: Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu.
Other authors: Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960., Hobson, Geraldine.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
IASC.
ISOAS.
Subjects:
Online access: Electronic Resource
Click here to view record


Summary: Kamahu were the victims of the head-hunting raid by Yungya, and no doubt had come to tell Hutton their side of the story. The man on the left has his cane hat decorated with bear or goat's hair and boar's tusks, and also wears a boar's tusk necklet denoting status gained in warfare.
Other authors: Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960., Hobson, Geraldine.
Language: English
Published: 1923.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
IASC.
ISOAS.
Access: Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Place of Publication: India -- Nagaland -- Longleng -- Mongnyu -- Kamahu.