Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura
B&W photographic print. 'Gaonbura (government's post or 'headman') poses in full dance dress in Mills' garden. His necklace made of the inner part of conch shells signifies that he has done the mithun sacrifice. At the time of this picture, head-hunting no longer occurred in the Ao country, so t...
| Date(s) of creation: |
December 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/LOAA004614 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |