Woman weaving

B&W photographic print. 'She weaves Muga silk which is used for clothing. She is using a loom of Kachari type. Her hair is coiled into a bun at the nape of the neck. The inhabitants of Semkhor are very different from the Zemi Nagas which surround them. They speak Kachari, dress like Kacharis an...

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Date(s) of creation: 6 March 1927
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005182
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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