Portrait of the Gaonbura of Merangkong

B&W photographic print. 'The Gaonbura (Government's post or 'headman') of Merangkong wears three rows of boar's tusks around his neck. Nearly everyone wears one or two rows, three are reserved for very successful warriors and head-hunters. The photograph was taken in the garden of Mill's bungal...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/M/14 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/LOAA004665
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/M/14
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/M/14
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/M/14
prefix_number 14
title Portrait of the Gaonbura of Merangkong
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 Gaonbura (Government's post or 'headman') of Merangkong wears three rows of boar's tusks around his neck. Nearly everyone wears one or two rows, three are reserved for very successful warriors and head-hunters. 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 Civil servants
Necklaces
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004665
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.0014

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