Line of Sumi (Sema) dancers in ceremonial dress (Image number T.070, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency the Governor of Assam. The dancers' spears and daos are placed in the centre of the ring.

Full title: Line of Sumi (Sema) dancers in ceremonial dress (Image number T.070, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1927.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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245 0 0 |a Line of Sumi (Sema) dancers in ceremonial dress (Image number T.070, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c 1927. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: 1927 November 
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 image is part of album T. This album and the following one both refer to the time between 1927 and 1928 when Mills was posted as Acting Deputy Commissioner to Cachar, in the southern part of Assam. The adminsitrative headquarters was at Silchar in the plains, but the area which particularly concerned Mills was the hill country of North Cachar. This was regarded as the Cinderella of Subdivisions, to which officers were often sent temporarily while waiting for a better posting. They usually had no experience of working with hill tribes and were not interested in learning about their customs and history. Mills, with his vast experience of the hill tribes was asked to sort out the resultant mess, and took it as golden opportunity to study and photograph the people and their way of life. The album also contains a few photographs from other areas. 
500 |a Originally collected in Album T 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. [Tour Diaries North Cachar 1927-1928.] Published in: University of Cambridge, Department of Social Anthropology. Naga Videodisc. [Cambridge, UK : [the Department], [1980s]. 
500 |a Hobson, Geraldine. J.P. Mills and the Hill People of Assam. Published in: Journal of the British Historical Society. [specific reference, unavailable] 
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/nsm 
506 |a Image: © 1927, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. 
520 3 |a On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency the Governor of Assam. The dancers' spears and daos are placed in the centre of the ring. 
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. 
535 1 |a Archives and Special Collections. 
650 |a Dao. 
650 0 |a Machetes. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- कोहिमा जिला -- कोहिमा. 
650 |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. 
650 0 |a Naga (South Asian people). 
650 7 |a Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Sumi Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a सुमी नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
720 1 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. 
720 1 |a Hobson, Geraldine.  |4 ctb 
752 |a India  |b Nagaland  |c Kohima District  |d Kohima. 
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