House with genna post

B&W photographic print. 'House with ritual post. The house is built on stilts over a precipitous drop, with the family sitting at the entrance, the wife smoking an unusual pipe, possibly a type of hookah. The thatched roof is covered by a lattice of split and woven bamboo, the same material as t...

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Date(s) of creation: 1928
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005127
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'House with ritual post. The house is built on stilts over a precipitous drop, with the family sitting at the entrance, the wife smoking an unusual pipe, possibly a type of hookah. The thatched roof is covered by a lattice of split and woven bamboo, the same material as the house walls.'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
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