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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Full title: Profile portrait of Chuntia girl (Image number L.004, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923, ©1926.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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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.
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 -- Chungtia.