Field house

B&W photographic print. 'Of the southern section of the Western Rengma. After the jhum fields have been cleared and sown, a field shelter such as this is built where the cultivator can rest and eat while working in the fields. Outside this shelter is a sleeping platform where he can doze at nigh...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/R/01 Open

Date(s) of creation: [1919-1937]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004927
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.R.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/R/01
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/R/01
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/R/01
prefix_number 01
title Field house
scb_date_creation [1919-1937]
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. 'Of the southern section of the Western Rengma. After the jhum fields have been cleared and sown, a field shelter such as this is built where the cultivator can rest and eat while working in the fields. Outside this shelter is a sleeping platform where he can doze at night while keeping a watch over his crop at times when animals such as wild pig are likely to cause damage to it.'
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: Western Rengma Naga
Ethnic group: Rengma Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004927
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00R.0001

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