Group of Zemi dancing at Chama

B&W photographic print. 'Mills wrote to Balfour: "I have had an excellent tour right along the Manipur border in Kuki (people) and Kacha Naga (Zemi) villages to which Hutton has never been... The Kacha Naga dancing is delightful, but as in nearly every village the young men and maidens turned ou...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/P/30 Open

Date(s) of creation: 17 February 1924
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004831
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/P/30
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/P/30
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/P/30
prefix_number 30
title Group of Zemi dancing at Chama
scb_date_creation 17 February 1924
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. 'Mills wrote to Balfour: "I have had an excellent tour right along the Manipur border in Kuki (people) and Kacha Naga (Zemi) villages to which Hutton has never been... The Kacha Naga dancing is delightful, but as in nearly every village the young men and maidens turned out and leapt before me, it has been rather expensive." Mills would, of course, always reward dancers who performed for him.'
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
note Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Zeme Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004831
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00P.0030

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