'Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu'

B&W photographic print. 'Kamahu were the victims of the head-hunting raid by Yungya, and no doubt had come to tell Hutton their side of the story. The man on the left has his cane hat decorated with bear or goat's hair and boar's tusks, and also wears a boar's tusk necklet denoting status gained...

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Date(s) of creation: 12 April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004137
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.A.14
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/14
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/14
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/14
prefix_number 14
title 'Chiefs of Kamahu at Mongnyu'
scb_date_creation 12 April 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Kamahu were the victims of the head-hunting raid by Yungya, and no doubt had come to tell Hutton their side of the story. The man on the left has his cane hat decorated with bear or goat's hair and boar's tusks, and also wears a boar's tusk necklet denoting status gained in warfare.'
scb_related_name_code GB/NNAF/P126611
scb_related_name_relationship Subject of
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 8 x 5.5cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Konyak (Indic people)
Phom (Indic people)
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Head-hunting
Headhunters
Hats
Necklaces
Naga Hills (India)
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
Ethnicity: Phom Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004137
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00A.0014