Slate roof at Phuzanagwemi

B&W photographic print. 'This may be a Kalyo-Kengyu village, as they are known for their slate roofs. The slates are squared off, bored and pegged down. Thatch is often laid over the top for coolness.'


Date(s) of creation: October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004367
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/45
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/C/45
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/C/45
prefix_number 45
title Slate roof at Phuzanagwemi
scb_date_creation 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. 'This may be a Kalyo-Kengyu village, as they are known for their slate roofs. The slates are squared off, bored and pegged down. Thatch is often laid over the top for coolness.'
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 Slate roofing
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Khiamnungan
Potsimi is alternatively known as Putsimi, Purr Phozanagwemi, and several other alternates
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004367
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.0045