Woman weaving (Image number U.007, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

She weaves Muga silk which is used for clothing. She is using a loom of Kachari type. Her hair is coiled into a bun at the nape of the neck. The inhabitants of Semkhor are very different from the Zemi Nagas which surround them. They speak Kachari, dress like Kacharis and their houses are of the Kac...

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Full title: Woman weaving (Image number U.007, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1927.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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