Chaks of the Chittagong Hill Tracts
B&W photographic print. 'The Chaks, (not to be confused with Chakmas) are a small tribe living in the south of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. This house has its sitting-out platform securely fenced around with woven bamboo slats. As in all houses built on stilts, the area under the house is where t...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1926 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005298 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'The Chaks, (not to be confused with Chakmas) are a small tribe living in the south of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. This house has its sitting-out platform securely fenced around with woven bamboo slats. As in all houses built on stilts, the area under the house is where the pigs and chickens are penned at night.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Ethnic group: Chak |
| 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 |