Village view

B&W photographic print. 'The houses are built on stilts and are flimsy structures of bamboo. The sitting platform is shaded by the eaves and always faces east. The only access to it and the house is by a notched log. The villages are always located beside streams.'


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/LOAA005277
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'The houses are built on stilts and are flimsy structures of bamboo. The sitting platform is shaded by the eaves and always faces east. The only access to it and the house is by a notched log. The villages are always located beside streams.'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Ethnic group: Rakhine
Ethnic group: Southern Rakhine
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