Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.009, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

Gaonbura (government's post or 'headman') poses in full dance dress in Mills' garden. His necklace made of the inner part of conch shells signifies that he has done the mithun sacrifice. At the time of this picture, head-hunting no longer occurred in the Ao country, so that the r...

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Full title: Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.009, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923, ©1926.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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245 0 0 |a Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.009, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c 1923, ©1926. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: 1923 December 
500 |a Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson. 
500 |a This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC) 
500 |a This photograph is part of album L. 
500 |a Originally collected in Album L of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Lhota Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1922. (LCCN: 23005149) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Ao Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1926. (LCCN: 27013331) 
500 |a VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960 
500 |a VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine 
500 |a Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/njo 
506 |a Image: © 1926, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. 
520 3 |a Gaonbura (government's post or 'headman') poses in full dance dress in Mills' garden. His necklace made of the inner part of conch shells signifies that he has done the mithun sacrifice. At the time of this picture, head-hunting no longer occurred in the Ao country, so that the right to wear the ornaments of a head hunter could be bought. This is the case with his wristlets embroidered with cowrie shells, fringed with red hair and the baldric with its long fringe of red goat's hair which he wears across his chest. This supports the "tail", from which hangs a deep fringe of human hair, with a narrow fringe of red dyed goat's hair above it. The dao which he carries is similarly ornamented. The head-dress is a circlet of bear's fur decorated with hornbill feathers, the number indicating the sacrifices he has completed and the Government expeditions in which he has taken part. His ears bear huge pads of cotton wool, and on his arms a pair of ivory armlets further confirm his high status. Below the knees he wears finely woven red cane leggings decorated with yellow orchid stem, and hollow brass anklets with lead balls inside them which rattle as he dances. (Ungma is a village of the Chongli language group) 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b London :  |c SOAS, University of London,  |c Archives and Special Collections,  |d 2015.  |f (SOAS Digital Library)  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. 
535 1 |a Archives and Special Collections. 
650 |a Dao. 
650 0 |a Machetes. 
650 |a Gaonburas. 
650 0 |a Civil servants. 
650 0 |a Necklaces. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मोकोकचुंग जिले. 
650 |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. 
650 0 |a Naga (South Asian people). 
650 7 |a Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Ao Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a एओ नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
720 1 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. 
720 1 |a Hobson, Geraldine.  |4 ctb 
752 |a India  |b Nagaland  |c Mokokchung District  |d Ungma. 
830 0 |a SOAS Digital Library. 
830 0 |a ASC. 
830 0 |a REGIONS. 
830 0 |a RSA. 
830 0 |a JPMILLS. 
830 0 |a ILOAA. 
852 |a SOAS 
856 4 0 |y Electronic Resource 
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