Young Angami man playing kechi piye

B&W photographic print. 'A young Angami man playing a favourite game, putting the weight, kechi piye, using a rounded stone about the size of a child's head. He wears a short black kilt and a whole conch shell at the back of his neck.'


Date(s) of creation: 1936
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004231
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'A young Angami man playing a favourite game, putting the weight, kechi piye, using a rounded stone about the size of a child's head. He wears a short black kilt and a whole conch shell at the back of his neck.'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Naga Hills (India)
Naga (South Asian people)
Lhota Naga (Indic People)
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Language: No linguistic content
Scripts: Unwritten
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive