Front view of a house

B&W photographic print. 'Painted and carved house planks, probably in the Morung. They show human heads, a mithun head and a warrior with a head-dress of mithun horns and hornbill feathers. Unusually, the carving is embellished with tufts of real hair.'


Date(s) of creation: February 1924
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004827
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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