Portrait of a couple at Chuntia

B&W photographic print. 'Man and wife, the wife wears large brass rings on her head (yongmen), threaded through holes in the top of the ear and held in place by a string. (Chungtia is a Mongsen village) '


Date(s) of creation: [1918-1926]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004600
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections