Hurricane house

B&W photographic print. 'A low, strongly built structure, just high enough for a man to crawl into, used as an emergency shelter if the area is hit by one of the hurricanes, or typhoons, which travel up the Bay of Bengal. The flimsy dwelling houses of these people would be unable to stand up to...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/V/57 Open

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/LOAA005281
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.V.57
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/V/57
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/V/57
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/V/57
prefix_number 57
title Hurricane house
scb_date_creation 1926
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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 low, strongly built structure, just high enough for a man to crawl into, used as an emergency shelter if the area is hit by one of the hurricanes, or typhoons, which travel up the Bay of Bengal. The flimsy dwelling houses of these people would be unable to stand up to such storms.'
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 Ethnic group: Rakhine
Ethnic group: Northern Rakhine
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005281
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00V.0057

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