Kaolum

B&W photographic print. 'Possibly Phom. This is typical of an early anthropological image of a Naga, the only one in Mills' collection. He preferred to photograph people in their natural setting, and this may not be his work. The man is posed in front of a white cloth. His apron, belt and gauntl...

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Date(s) of creation: March 1921
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005304
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.B.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/B/01
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/B/01
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/B/01
prefix_number 01
title Kaolum
scb_date_creation March 1921
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
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Possibly Phom. This is typical of an early anthropological image of a Naga, the only one in Mills' collection. He preferred to photograph people in their natural setting, and this may not be his work. The man is posed in front of a white cloth. His apron, belt and gauntlets are elaborately decorated with cowrie shells, indicating high status. He wears a brass chest ornament showing that he himself has taken a head, together with a boar's tusk necklet, decorated with pieces of shell and cornelian beads. His ear ornaments are of cut conch shell.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
note Necklaces
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Phom Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005304
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00B.0001