Portrait of Chingmak, chief of Chingmei

B&W photographic print. 'Chingmak, chief of Chingmei, walked many days from his village in unadministered territory to meet Mills and Mokokchung, and Mills received him with the honour due to his status as a chief. They became firm friends, and as a result this powerful chief ensured the safety...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/M/18 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/LOAA004669
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/18
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/M/18
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/M/18
prefix_number 18
title Portrait of Chingmak, chief of Chingmei
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. 'Chingmak, chief of Chingmei, walked many days from his village in unadministered territory to meet Mills and Mokokchung, and Mills received him with the honour due to his status as a chief. They became firm friends, and as a result this powerful chief ensured the safety of Mills and his party during the punitive expedition against the feared village of Pangsha in 1936 (c.f. The Pangsha Letters, published 1995 by the Pitt Rivers Museum), in which also Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf took part (c.f. The Naked Nagas, published in 1929). Chingmak wears on his chest a brass head, signifying his success as a head-hunter. His cane hat is decorated with a long tassel of human hair. 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.
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Chang Naga
The Chang Naga are alternatively known as the Changhai Naga, the Changru Naga, the Duenching Naga, the Mazung Naga, the Machungrr Naga, the Mojung Naga, and the Mochumi Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004669
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.0018

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