Dance at Panso celebrating the defeat of their enemy

B&W photographic print. 'Kalyo-Kengyu. A dance at Panso celebrating the defeat of their enemy, Pangsha, and in honour of Mills and his expedition.'The Baron (Haimendorf) loved every minute of it, and rushed about like a press photographer... Some of the ornaments were very fine, though I wish th...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/Y/28 Open

Date(s) of creation: 5 December 1936
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004250
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/Y/28
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/Y/28
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/Y/28
prefix_number 28
title Dance at Panso celebrating the defeat of their enemy
scb_date_creation 5 December 1936
scb_level Item
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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. 'Kalyo-Kengyu. A dance at Panso celebrating the defeat of their enemy, Pangsha, and in honour of Mills and his expedition.'The Baron (Haimendorf) loved every minute of it, and rushed about like a press photographer... Some of the ornaments were very fine, though I wish the rims of white enamelled plates were not fancied as neckwear!' The dancers wear brief loincloths ornamented with brass discs and the aforementioned plates rouind their necks. Their woven red cane hats are decorated with red goat's hair and hornbill feathers. Those who have captured heads decorate their hats with mithan horns, boar's tusks and chin straps of tiger's claws. The celebrations continued with feasting and drinking far into the night.'
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
note Naga Hills (India)
Naga (South Asian people)
Ao (Indic people)
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004250
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.0028

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