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B&W photographic print. 'Although nominally Buddhists, Chakmas also have a strong belief in animism, making offerings to spirits on platforms such as this one, which also has little squares of thread suspended over it, as on Angami Naga women's graves.'


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/LOAA005244
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'Although nominally Buddhists, Chakmas also have a strong belief in animism, making offerings to spirits on platforms such as this one, which also has little squares of thread suspended over it, as on Angami Naga women's graves.'
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