Portrait of Etsis

B&W photographic print. 'Etsis, a dobashi (interpreter) sits on the steps of Mills' bungalow. His boar's tusk necklet is fastened with squares of cut conch shell with cornelian beads in the centre. He wears a waist coat cut in western style, probably red, which later came to be the general unifo...

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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/LOAA004688
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections