Carved wooden post in a Morung

B&W photographic print. 'Carvings in high relief; two dogs and, below, a man riding a horse - perhaps commemorating an earlier visit by a European official. As far as is known, however, there was no bridle path to this village at the time, so the carver may have seen this rider while visiting an...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/C/15 Open

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/LOAA004338
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/C/15
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/C/15
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/C/15
prefix_number 15
title Carved wooden post in a Morung
scb_date_creation 22 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
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. 'Carvings in high relief; two dogs and, below, a man riding a horse - perhaps commemorating an earlier visit by a European official. As far as is known, however, there was no bridle path to this village at the time, so the carver may have seen this rider while visiting another area.'
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 12 x 7 cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Wood sculpture
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
Chui is alternately spelled Chi
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004338
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00C.0015

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