Portrait of Likok and his daughter

B&W photographic print. 'Likok and his daughter of the Chongli group. Likok's young daughter wears a body cloth wrapped round her, shaved head and a necklace. Likok wears small wads of cotton wool in his ears. He has bought the right to wear a necklet of boar's tusks and wristlets of cowrie shel...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/K/07 Open

Date(s) of creation: August 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004565
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.K.07
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/K/07
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/K/07
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/K/07
prefix_number 07
title Portrait of Likok and his daughter
scb_date_creation August 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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. 'Likok and his daughter of the Chongli group. Likok's young daughter wears a body cloth wrapped round her, shaved head and a necklace. Likok wears small wads of cotton wool in his ears. He has bought the right to wear a necklet of boar's tusks and wristlets of cowrie shells fringed with red hair; formerly the right could only be gained by prowess in war. The string of long shell beads made of the inner part of the conch shell show that he or a member of his family has done the mithun sacrifice. He also wears a cowrie embroidered apron, a baldric of woven cotton and dyed goat's hair and a pair of ivory armlets, all of which demonstrate his status.'
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 Necklaces
Jewelry
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004565
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00K.0007

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