Semsaba, an Old man sitting on Mill's lawn

B&W photographic print. 'Semsaba, an old man squatting on Mills' lawn while telling a story. He wears a poinsettia flower in one ear and a double row boar's tusk necklace. He is wraped in a süvangsü body cloth indicating head-hunter's status in some villages, mithun sacrifices in others.'


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/LOAA004626
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.L.21
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/L/21
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/L/21
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/L/21
prefix_number 21
title Semsaba, an Old man sitting on Mill's lawn
scb_date_creation December 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Semsaba, an old man squatting on Mills' lawn while telling a story. He wears a poinsettia flower in one ear and a double row boar's tusk necklace. He is wraped in a süvangsü body cloth indicating head-hunter's status in some villages, mithun sacrifices in others.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 9.5 x 7 cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004626
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00L.0021