Portrait of Santemo and Yanasao

B&W photographic print. 'Santemo and Yanasao wearing blue lengtas, or loin cloths, tied first round the waist to form a belt, then drawn up between the legs so that the broad flap hangs down in front. The cloth has narrow red stripes for Southern Lhotas (on left),and broad red stripes for Northe...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/N/05 Open

Date(s) of creation: June 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004681
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/N/05
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/N/05
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/N/05
prefix_number 05
title Portrait of Santemo and Yanasao
scb_date_creation June 1919
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. 'Santemo and Yanasao wearing blue lengtas, or loin cloths, tied first round the waist to form a belt, then drawn up between the legs so that the broad flap hangs down in front. The cloth has narrow red stripes for Southern Lhotas (on left),and broad red stripes for Northern Lhotas. The man on the left wears armlets of elephant tusks and wristlets of cowries sewn onto a cloth foundation and ornamented with a fringe of red hair, showing that he has participated in a head-taking ceremony. This is also signified by the neck ornament of boar's tusks worn by the other man. The man on the left wears a tight necklet made of black plantain seeds, and longer necklaces made of worked shell and beads.'
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 Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Lotha Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004681
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00N.0005

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