Portrait of a Lakhuti dancer (Image number G.030, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
This older man wears several hornbill feathers in his 'sweat wig', indicating the number of times he has done the head-taking ceremony. The long hair fringes of his wristlets show that he is a noted warrior. He wears plaited red cane leggings with a diamond-shaped pattern of yellow orchid...
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Portrait of a Lakhuti dancer (Image number G.030, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1919.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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