Portrait of an old man (Image number K.042, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

This old man poses with immense dignity for the camera. He wears a cane hat, huge wads of cotton wool in his ears, boar's tusks on his hat and around his neck and cowrie embroidered wristlets and apron. His cloth with a white median band painted with black circles shows that he has taken a head...

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Full title: Portrait of an old man (Image number K.042, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1919, ©1926.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
ILOAA.
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Summary: This old man poses with immense dignity for the camera. He wears a cane hat, huge wads of cotton wool in his ears, boar's tusks on his hat and around his neck and cowrie embroidered wristlets and apron. His cloth with a white median band painted with black circles shows that he has taken a head.
Language: English
Published: 1919, ©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 -- Sangratsu.