Portrait of a man

B&W photographic print. 'A man wearing part of an obsolete type of rawhide armour. It consists of a broad piece of hide laced round the body to protect the chest and abdomen from spear and dao wounds, and greaves or leggings which a panji would not easily penetrate. Panjis, or sharpened bamboo s...

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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/LOAA004943
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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