Profile portrait of Chuntia girl (Image number L.004, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
A young Ao woman with her hair bound up with white thread, showing she is of the Mongsen group. She wears large brass rings on either side of her head (yongmen), supported by a string. Bunches of red chillies worn in her ears mean that she is the daughter of a man who has performed the mithun sacrif...
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Profile portrait of Chuntia girl (Image number L.004, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1923, ©1926.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
A young Ao woman with her hair bound up with white thread, showing she is of the Mongsen group. She wears large brass rings on either side of her head (yongmen), supported by a string. Bunches of red chillies worn in her ears mean that she is the daughter of a man who has performed the mithun sacrifice. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1923, ©1926.
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| 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 -- Chungtia. |