Profile portrait of the wife of the Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.013, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

The wife of the Gaonbura (government post or 'headman') wears full dance dress. Sheholds an axe-shaped, ceremonial dao in her hand and wears ear ornaments of crystal or glass (tongbang). On her head she has spiral brass rings fixed with a string (yongmen), which among the Chongli only wome...

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Full title: Profile portrait of the wife of the Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.013, 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 the wife of the Ungma Gaonbura (Image number L.013, 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 The wife of the Gaonbura (government post or 'headman') wears full dance dress. Sheholds an axe-shaped, ceremonial dao in her hand and wears ear ornaments of crystal or glass (tongbang). On her head she has spiral brass rings fixed with a string (yongmen), which among the Chongli only women of the Pongen, somentimes of the Lungkam clan are allowed to wear. The three hornbill feathers in her hair show that her husband or father have performed mithun sacrifices, one for each feather. The chain slung across her body cloth bears many brass bells, showing that she is the wife of a rich man of high status. Her body cloth is of an unusal design for a woman. (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. 
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720 1 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. 
720 1 |a Hobson, Geraldine.  |4 ctb 
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