Profile portrait of Ungma Gaonbura
B&W photographic print. 'Gaonbura (government's post or 'headman') poses in full dance dress in Mills' garden. He wears a body cloth of a pattern which signifies that he has done the full series of mithun sacrifices, like his father (Süvangsü). The head-dress is a circlet of bear's fur decorated...
| 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/LOAA004615 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |