View onto Longsa village roofs (Image number J.018, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
The thatched houses are grouped in khels (village parts) on the slopes of a ridge. Each has a sitting-out platform on high stilts built out at the back. For defensive purposes, Naga villages are almost invariably built on hilltops.
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View onto Longsa village roofs (Image number J.018, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1919-1920, ©1926.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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