Portrait of a man (Image number R.018, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

A man wearing part of an obsolete type of rawhide armour. It consists of a broad piece of hide laced round the body to protect the chest and abdomen from spear and dao wounds, and greaves or leggings which a panji would not easily penetrate. Panjis, or sharpened bamboo spikes, are planted upright al...

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Full title: Portrait of a man (Image number R.018, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [1919-1937].
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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