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...

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Date(s) of creation: 1926
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.'
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
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive