Portrait of Mugasangl

B&W photographic print. 'Mugasangla, a young woman of the Chongli speaking group, wears several rows of carnelian bead necklaces with trumpet shaped metal pieces (metsungsangshi) harnomised in length, spiral brass rings as head ornament, which are also fixed to the top of the ear (yongmen), and...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/L/25 Open

Date(s) of creation: 1920s
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004630
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/L/25
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/L/25
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/L/25
prefix_number 25
title Portrait of Mugasangl
scb_date_creation 1920s
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. 'Mugasangla, a young woman of the Chongli speaking group, wears several rows of carnelian bead necklaces with trumpet shaped metal pieces (metsungsangshi) harnomised in length, spiral brass rings as head ornament, which are also fixed to the top of the ear (yongmen), and a body cloth that shows a patchy dyeing (dark blue), a design that was very much admired and on which Longmisa village was specialised.'
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/LOAA004630
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.0025

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