Portrait of Takam, chief of Litim with a friend

B&W photographic print. 'Takam, chief of Litim (with hat) and a friend. Takam wears a bear's fur 'sweat-wig' decorated with boar's tusks, and carries a dao, decorated with a long fringe of hair, tucked into his waistband at the back. Both men wear boar's tusk necklets decorated with pieces of co...

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Date(s) of creation: 1919-1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004679
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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