Old Eastern Angami, Thakabama

B&W photographic print. 'This old man wears a body cloth embroidered with circles of cowries. Only those who have burned all or part of an enemy village may wear this cloth. He stands outside a building, possibly the Morung, the planks of which are carved with numerous representations of heads....

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Date(s) of creation: March 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004261
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.M.05
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/M/05
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/M/05
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/M/05
prefix_number 05
title Old Eastern Angami, Thakabama
scb_date_creation March 1919
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. 'This old man wears a body cloth embroidered with circles of cowries. Only those who have burned all or part of an enemy village may wear this cloth. He stands outside a building, possibly the Morung, the planks of which are carved with numerous representations of heads.'
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: Angami Naga
Ethnic group: Eastern Angami Naga
Chakabama is alternately spelled Thakabama
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004261
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00M.0005