Chang warriors drinking rice beer

B&W photographic print. 'Chang warriors drinking rice beer, with another, probably a Sangtam, behind. The Changs wear tall cane hats with a crest of dyed goat's hair and elaborate neck ornaments of boar's tusks, conch shells and beads. They both appear to be wearing the Government-issued red clo...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/Y/15 Open

Date(s) of creation: 20 November 1936
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004237
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/Y/15
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/Y/15
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/Y/15
prefix_number 15
title Chang warriors drinking rice beer
scb_date_creation 20 November 1936
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. 'Chang warriors drinking rice beer, with another, probably a Sangtam, behind. The Changs wear tall cane hats with a crest of dyed goat's hair and elaborate neck ornaments of boar's tusks, conch shells and beads. They both appear to be wearing the Government-issued red cloths given to gaonburas, or headmen.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga Hills (India)
Naga (South Asian people)
Ao (Indic people)
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004237
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00Y.0015

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