Chingmak of Chingmei

B&W photographic print. 'This is a relaxed pose. Chingmak was a powerful chief of great influence, and although his village was deep in unadministered territory, he and Mills became great friends. He had travelled many days to Mokokchung to meet Mills, who had received him with the honour due to...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/B/02 Open

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/LOAA004260
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/B/02
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/B/02
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/B/02
prefix_number 02
title Chingmak of Chingmei
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. 'This is a relaxed pose. Chingmak was a powerful chief of great influence, and although his village was deep in unadministered territory, he and Mills became great friends. He had travelled many days to Mokokchung to meet Mills, who had received him with the honour due to his status as a chief. In this photograph, Chingmak bears the chest tattoos and boar's tusk necklet of a successful head-hunter. His ivory armlets also indicate high status gained through head taking or feasting, and sections of conch shell decorate his ears. His cane hat is decorated with boar's tusks and a crest of dyed goat's hair.'
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
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 13 x 7.5 cm
note Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Body art
Jewelry
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Chang Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004260
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.0002

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