Portrait of two men

B&W photographic print. 'Their spears are elaborately decorated with tufts of dyed goat hair. Their ear ornaments are probably of human hair. They are photographed in the garden of Mills' bungalow, as are many of the other Naga portraits in these albums. He had a constant stream of visitors, bot...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/N/31 Open

Date(s) of creation: December 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004706
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/N/31
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/N/31
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/N/31
prefix_number 31
title Portrait of two men
scb_date_creation December 1919
scb_level Item
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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. 'Their spears are elaborately decorated with tufts of dyed goat hair. Their ear ornaments are probably of human hair. They are photographed in the garden of Mills' bungalow, as are many of the other Naga portraits in these albums. He had a constant stream of visitors, both from within and beyond the administered part of the Naga Hills, and Mills often seized the chance to record them for posterity.'
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_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004706
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
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hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00N.0031

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