Portrait of a Yongimsen girl
B&W photographic print. 'A young Ao girl of the Chongli group (black hair band), wearing spiral brass head ornaments also fixed at the ear (yongmen, therefore of Pongen or lungkam clan) and rolled cotton cloth as ear ornaments, as well as some strings of carnelian beads as necklace.'
| 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/LOAA004624 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'A young Ao girl of the Chongli group (black hair band), wearing spiral brass head ornaments also fixed at the ear (yongmen, therefore of Pongen or lungkam clan) and rolled cotton cloth as ear ornaments, as well as some strings of carnelian beads as necklace.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Ao Naga Yaongyimsen is alternatively known as Yongyimsen and Yongimsen |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Copies: | Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Format: | Archive |