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.'


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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