Sitting place

B&W photographic print. 'Of the northern sections of the Western Rengma. A semicircular stone platform built to commemorate a dead man. It is always located on the upper side of the path leading from the village to the fields, and is meant as a seat for passers- by, oaks being planted on it to g...

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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/LOAA004930
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'Of the northern sections of the Western Rengma. A semicircular stone platform built to commemorate a dead man. It is always located on the upper side of the path leading from the village to the fields, and is meant as a seat for passers- by, oaks being planted on it to give shade. See also PP MS 58 image number R.010'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Western Rengma Naga
Ethnic group: Rengma Naga
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by J.P. Mills
Language: No linguistic content
Scripts: Unwritten
Physical description: 9.5 x 7 cm
Format: Archive