Elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions
B&W photographic print. 'An elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions. His cane hat is decorated with boar's tusks and a pair of horns. From them, and from his ear ornaments, dangle long tassels of human hair. His chest ornament of a model human head and the head-taker's basket on his lef...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1918-1923 |
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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/LOAA004511 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'An elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions. His cane hat is decorated with boar's tusks and a pair of horns. From them, and from his ear ornaments, dangle long tassels of human hair. His chest ornament of a model human head and the head-taker's basket on his left hip demonstrate his head-hunter status.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Headhunters 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 |