Portrait of a Kaolum with bear in Mongnya jungle (Image number N.028, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

Kaolum stands, holding a gun, beside a bear which has been shot. The Lhotas may kill bears which have been damaging the maize crop, the meat being divided among the hunters. The long hair from the neck and shoulders is much prized for the making of the "sweat-wig" which is worn by the warr...

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Full title: Portrait of a Kaolum with bear in Mongnya jungle (Image number N.028, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1919.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
ILOAA.
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