Door of a Morung

B&W photographic print. 'Door of a Morung. This was an old Naga village reduced from 60 to 13 houses, but Mills noted that the decorations of the Morung were the best he had seen in the area. In this .photograph, the wooden framework of the bamboo walls is carved and painted with various designs...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/T/35 Open

Date(s) of creation: 7 August 1928
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005115
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.T.35
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/T/35
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/T/35
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/T/35
prefix_number 35
title Door of a Morung
scb_date_creation 7 August 1928
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. 'Door of a Morung. This was an old Naga village reduced from 60 to 13 houses, but Mills noted that the decorations of the Morung were the best he had seen in the area. In this .photograph, the wooden framework of the bamboo walls is carved and painted with various designs. These include numerous circles possibly symbolising heads, human figures, men riding elephants and a horse, cocks, antelope and other animals and symbols.'
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 Dormitories
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Liangmai Naga
Ethnic group: Inpui Naga
Ethnic group: Rongmei Naga
Ethnic group: Zeliangrong
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005115
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00T.0035

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