Portrait of the Ang of Chi's son

B&W photographic print. 'The son of the Ang (king) poses bearing his fresh tatoos after a head has been taken in his name. He carries a head-taker's basket with a finely woven baldric, and a dao. He wears a head ornament of woven cane, a flat wooden hair pin and plugs in his ear lobes.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/E/45 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/LOAA004445
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/E/45
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/E/45
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/E/45
prefix_number 45
title Portrait of the Ang of Chi's son
scb_date_creation 22 October 1923
scb_level Item
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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 son of the Ang (king) poses bearing his fresh tatoos after a head has been taken in his name. He carries a head-taker's basket with a finely woven baldric, and a dao. He wears a head ornament of woven cane, a flat wooden hair pin and plugs in his ear lobes.'
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 Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Body art
Machetes
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
Chui is alternately spelled Chi
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004445
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.0045

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