Profile portrait of the wife of the Ungma Gaonbura

B&W photographic print. 'The wife of the Gaonbura (government post or 'headman') wears full dance dress. She wears her hair bound with black thred (Chongli group) and ear ornaments of crystal or glass (tongbang). On her head she has spiral brass rings fixed with a string (yongmen), which among t...

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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/LOAA004616
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections