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...

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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/LOAA005298
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.V.72
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/V/72
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/V/72
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/V/72
prefix_number 72
title Chaks of the Chittagong Hill Tracts
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. '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.'
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
note Ethnic group: Chak
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005298
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.0072