Hampe's widow : a portrait of a woman in warrior's dress
B&W photographic print. 'Mills went to the village of Yungya to free prisoners from other villages. Coming back from this expedition, he arrived at the village Kamahu wiht four of the prisoners and was received with a dance of welcome performed by the women of which this is one, the widow of Ham...
| Date(s) of creation: |
April 1923-October 1923 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004408 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Mills went to the village of Yungya to free prisoners from other villages. Coming back from this expedition, he arrived at the village Kamahu wiht four of the prisoners and was received with a dance of welcome performed by the women of which this is one, the widow of Hampe, wearing her late husband's hat, etc. He wrote to Balfour that "they wore men's hats, boar's tushes and carried headless spears. The dance was at the prisoners and presumably meant to show them the sex and quality of the warriors good enough to beat them... I think it was lucky the prisoners had a guard on them, or they would have been scratched to bits".' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Dance Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Konyak Naga |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Copies: | Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Format: | Archive |