Lakyichhari, Chakma : villages on the banks of streams
B&W photographic print. 'All the Chakma villages are on the banks of streams. A few rich men have brick houses of Bengali style, but most of the houses are of bamboo matting walls and are built on stilts, with a large sitting-out platform which always faces east and is the family's main living a...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1926 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005238 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'All the Chakma villages are on the banks of streams. A few rich men have brick houses of Bengali style, but most of the houses are of bamboo matting walls and are built on stilts, with a large sitting-out platform which always faces east and is the family's main living area. In a country where stones for hearths are not obtainable, cooking is done on a clay base with three clay cylinders serving as hearth stones.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Ethnic group: Chakma |
| 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 |