Portrait of the chief of Noksan

B&W photographic print. 'The old chief of Noksan wearing a two row boar's tusk necklace, and a necklace of the inner part of chonch shells. The village of Noksan (Noksang) is mixed of Ao Naga and Chang Naga. The dress of this man suggest that he is a Chang Naga. The photograph was taken in the...

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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/LOAA004664
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.M.13
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/M/13
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/M/13
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/M/13
prefix_number 13
title Portrait of the chief of Noksan
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. 'The old chief of Noksan wearing a two row boar's tusk necklace, and a necklace of the inner part of chonch shells. The village of Noksan (Noksang) is mixed of Ao Naga and Chang Naga. The dress of this man suggest that he is a Chang Naga. The photograph was taken in the garden of Mill's bungalow at Mokokchung, where many visitor used to come along.'
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 Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Necklaces
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
Ethnic group: Chang Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004664
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.0013