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 |
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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/LOAA004445 |
URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |