Portrait of Likok's wife (Image number K.008, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

Likok's wife of the Chongli group. She wears a skirt and a body cloth bound under the arm pits. Around her neck she wears several rows of carnelian bead necklaces, soe with thrumpet shapes, soe with bells. In her earlobes she wear the tongbang, an ear ornament made of glass or crystal.

Full title: Portrait of Likok's wife (Image number K.008, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923, ©1926.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: Likok's wife of the Chongli group. She wears a skirt and a body cloth bound under the arm pits. Around her neck she wears several rows of carnelian bead necklaces, soe with thrumpet shapes, soe with bells. In her earlobes she wear the tongbang, an ear ornament made of glass or crystal.
Language: English
Published: 1923, ©1926.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
ILOAA.
Access: Image: © 1926, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Place of Publication: India -- Nagaland -- Mokokchung District -- Ungma.