Profile portrait of Nickshila

B&W photographic print. 'Nickshila, wearing many necklaces of cornelian beads and trumpet shaped lead alloy or silver (metsungsangshi). She also wears large crystal or glass ear ornaments (tongbang). Her hair is bound with strings of black thread, distinguishing her as belonging to the Chongli g...

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Date(s) of creation: December 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004606
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections