Konyak family on a platform

B&W photographic print. 'Members of a family on the sitting-out platform of their house, perched on stilts high above the village street. A toddler stands fearlessly near the edge, despite the fact that there is no railing. The houses are very dark, having no windows, so most family activities t...

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Date(s) of creation: August 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004400
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.E.02
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/E/02
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/E/02
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/E/02
prefix_number 02
title Konyak family on a platform
scb_date_creation August 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. 'Members of a family on the sitting-out platform of their house, perched on stilts high above the village street. A toddler stands fearlessly near the edge, despite the fact that there is no railing. The houses are very dark, having no windows, so most family activities take place here.'
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 9.5 x 7 cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Houses
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
Yongya is alternatively known as Yungya
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004400
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00E.0002