The house of the Great Ang of Chi

B&W photographic print. 'The Great Angs, such as those of Mon and Chi, are aristocratic and powerful sacred chiefs, choosing their wives only from their own Great Ang clan. They hold supreme power, and among Naga tribes their villages are unusual in that the house of the Ang is larger and more i...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/C/24 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/LOAA004346
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/C/24
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/C/24
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/C/24
prefix_number 24
title The house of the Great Ang of Chi
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. 'The Great Angs, such as those of Mon and Chi, are aristocratic and powerful sacred chiefs, choosing their wives only from their own Great Ang clan. They hold supreme power, and among Naga tribes their villages are unusual in that the house of the Ang is larger and more important than the Morung (men's house). The Ang's house shown here is a fine building 117 paces long. The pillars of one of the stone seats, on which only the Ang may sit, (see also photograph PP MS 58 image number C.023) are visible in front, and beside them a conical pile of small erect stones with a Euphorbia growing on the top. Another stone is added for each head taken. A photograph of this same building appears in a Nagaland Tourism Department publicity booklet available in 1996. The photograph, taken from the same angle, shows very little change, and the euphorbias growing on the pile of stones are still there.'
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
note Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Houses
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
Chui is alternately spelled Chi
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004346
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.0024

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