Man with tattoo and headhunters necklace

B&W photographic print. 'A warrior with the tattoos and brass chest ornament showing his status as a head-hunter. The chest ornament is made from a brass box lid imported from Manipur. The flat wooden hairpin with incised pattern, now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, is similar to the one illustrated...

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Date(s) of creation: 22 October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004331
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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