Portrait of the Ang of Chi's son (Image number E.045, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
The son of the Ang (king) poses bearing his fresh tatoos after a head has been taken in his name. He carries a head-taker's basket with a finely woven baldric, and a dao. He wears a head ornament of woven cane, a flat wooden hair pin and plugs in his ear lobes.
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Portrait of the Ang of Chi's son (Image number E.045, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1923.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
The son of the Ang (king) poses bearing his fresh tatoos after a head has been taken in his name. He carries a head-taker's basket with a finely woven baldric, and a dao. He wears a head ornament of woven cane, a flat wooden hair pin and plugs in his ear lobes. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1923.
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| 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 -- Chui. |