Portrait of a warrior holding a spear

B&W photographic print. 'A warrior holding a spear. He wears a broad belt and gauntlets decorated with cowrie shells and woven red cane leggings decorated with yellow orchid stem. His tall cane hat is adorned with boar's tusks and he wears another round his neck.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/M/12 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/LOAA004663
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/M/12
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/M/12
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/M/12
prefix_number 12
title Portrait of a warrior holding a spear
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. 'A warrior holding a spear. He wears a broad belt and gauntlets decorated with cowrie shells and woven red cane leggings decorated with yellow orchid stem. His tall cane hat is adorned with boar's tusks and he wears another round his neck.'
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 Warriors
Spears
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Chang Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004663
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.0012

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