Portrait of a young woman (Image number D.006, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

She is standing on the bamboo sitting-out platform of her house. She wears coiled metal ornaments, probably of brass, in her ears and her right wrist and various necklaces with brass bells. Her brief wrap skirt worn around the buttocks is typical of the area. (There are four photographs of this woma...

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Full title: Portrait of a young woman (Image number D.006, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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RSA.
JPMILLS.
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Summary: She is standing on the bamboo sitting-out platform of her house. She wears coiled metal ornaments, probably of brass, in her ears and her right wrist and various necklaces with brass bells. Her brief wrap skirt worn around the buttocks is typical of the area. (There are four photographs of this woman in Album D, and one in Album A).
Language: English
Published: 1923.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
ILOAA.
Access: Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Place of Publication: India -- Nagaland -- Mon District -- Yongphang.