Portrait of two warriors
B&W photographic print. 'One seen from the front, one from the back, their body cloths tied for occasions such as hunting or war, when both arms must be free. They carry hunting spears, with wooden shafts and iron blades. These are always thrown, and never used for thrusting. The range is not mo...
| Date(s) of creation: |
June 1919 |
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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/LOAA004501 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'One seen from the front, one from the back, their body cloths tied for occasions such as hunting or war, when both arms must be free. They carry hunting spears, with wooden shafts and iron blades. These are always thrown, and never used for thrusting. The range is not more than thirty yards. The dao, in its wooden holder, is carried in the small of the back. This is the indispensable all purpose tool, used for anything from slaying an enemy, cutting up food, cutting down a tree or cutting one's hair. The man seen on the left is also seen in photographs G.011 and G.012.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Spears Hunters Warriors Machetes Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Lotha Naga |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Format: | Archive |