Eastern Rengma woman wearing a skirt (Image number R.054, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
She wears a skirt which shows that her husband has given all or some of the series of Feasts of Merit. The top half is white and the bottom half dark blue, and the detail of the pattern, if visible in the photograph, would show exactly which stage in the cycle of feasts her husband had reached, even...
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Eastern Rengma woman wearing a skirt (Image number R.054, 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: |
She wears a skirt which shows that her husband has given all or some of the series of Feasts of Merit. The top half is white and the bottom half dark blue, and the detail of the pattern, if visible in the photograph, would show exactly which stage in the cycle of feasts her husband had reached, even including the tally of cattle killed at the final feast. |
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| Language: | English |
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[1919-1937].
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Image: © 1937, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India. |