The Ang of Songyu on his throne.

B&W photographic print. 'Konyak. The seat, on which only the Ang may sit, is carved from a single piece of wood (see E.47). The Ang wears a tight cane belt and a long loin cloth. Below his knees he wears large, decorated rings of plaited and coloured cane, and around his neck are numerous neckla...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/A/37 Open

Date(s) of creation: October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004160
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.A.37
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/37
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/37
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/37
prefix_number 37
title The Ang of Songyu on his throne.
scb_date_creation October 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. 'Konyak. The seat, on which only the Ang may sit, is carved from a single piece of wood (see E.47). The Ang wears a tight cane belt and a long loin cloth. Below his knees he wears large, decorated rings of plaited and coloured cane, and around his neck are numerous necklaces. His woven cane hat is decorated with a crest of bear's fur and a boar's tusk, and topped by a tassel of long human hair, showing his attainment of head- hunter's status.'
scb_access_status Open
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
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)
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Thrones
Headhunters
Necklaces
Hats
Naga Hills (India)
Ethnicity: Naga
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004160
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.0037

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