Portrait of a man of Lungsachung

B&W photographic print. 'He wears full ceremonial dress and is standing in front of stones which he has ceremonially "dragged" as one of the series of social gennas or ceremonies which pay an enormously important part in Lotha (Lhota) life. The wealth and status of a man is judged by the number...

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Date(s) of creation: November 1927
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005129
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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