Dancers at Baladhan

B&W photographic print. 'A dance put on in honour of Mills. The dancers are two girls and two boys, both of whom carry hornbill feathers in their right hands, with bunches of smaller feathers decorating their earlobes. The dancers are accompanied by three drummers.'


Date(s) of creation: 27 March 1927
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005205
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.U.30
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/U/30
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/U/30
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/U/30
prefix_number 30
title Dancers at Baladhan
scb_date_creation 27 March 1927
scb_level Item
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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 dance put on in honour of Mills. The dancers are two girls and two boys, both of whom carry hornbill feathers in their right hands, with bunches of smaller feathers decorating their earlobes. The dancers are accompanied by three drummers.'
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 Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Zeme Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005205
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00U.0030