Portrait of Arabang, chief of Longpa
B&W photographic print. 'Arabang, chief of Longpa, holds his hunting spear seated in a chair, and wears a shallow crowned hat of woven cane decorated with boar's tusks and discs of shell or bone. The photograph was taken in the garden of Mill's bungalow at Mokokchung, where many visitor used to...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1920s |
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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/LOAA004662 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Arabang, chief of Longpa, holds his hunting spear seated in a chair, and wears a shallow crowned hat of woven cane decorated with boar's tusks and discs of shell or bone. The photograph was taken in the garden of Mill's bungalow at Mokokchung, where many visitor used to come along.' |
|---|---|
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Spears Chairs |
| 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 |