Eastern Rengma man is full dress (Image number R.049, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
He wears a helmet of red cane, decorated with thin strips of horn and a crest of red goat's hair. These hats are traded from the Kalyo-Kengyu country. His ear ornaments of long hair show that he has taken a head. His head-taker's cloth, ami tsu, is dark blue with broad red bands and narrow...
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Eastern Rengma man is full dress (Image number R.049, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[1919-1937].
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| Summary: |
He wears a helmet of red cane, decorated with thin strips of horn and a crest of red goat's hair. These hats are traded from the Kalyo-Kengyu country. His ear ornaments of long hair show that he has taken a head. His head-taker's cloth, ami tsu, is dark blue with broad red bands and narrow white bands. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[1919-1937].
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
| Access: |
Image: © 1937, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
| Place of Publication: |
India. |