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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Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.009, 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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