Rich man's house

B&W photographic print. 'A rich man's house with a carved centre post and skulls of the buffaloes which he has sacrificed adorning the front walls. The houses always have back doors, the days of head-hunting being too recent a memory at this time to have dispensed with the emergency exit. When t...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/R/46 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/LOAA004973
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.R.46
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/R/46
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/R/46
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/R/46
prefix_number 46
title Rich man's 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. 'A rich man's house with a carved centre post and skulls of the buffaloes which he has sacrificed adorning the front walls. The houses always have back doors, the days of head-hunting being too recent a memory at this time to have dispensed with the emergency exit. When the tribe came under British protection, head-hunting was officially abolished.'
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
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Skulls
Mithun
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Eastern Rengma Naga
Ethnic group: Rengma Naga
Ethnic group: Pochuri Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004973
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.0046

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