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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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

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