Elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions (Image number H.006, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
Elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions (Image number H.006, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Series Title:
J.P. Mills Photographic Collection
Creator:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Hobson, Geraldine ( contributor )
Materials:
B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm ( medium )

Notes

Abstract:
An elderly Konyak head-hunter with three companions. His cane hat is decorated with boar's tusks and a pair of horns. From them, and from his ear ornaments, dangle long tassels of human hair. His chest ornament of a model human head and the head-taker's basket on his left hip demonstrate his head-hunter status. ( en )
General Note:
Date of photograph: between 1918 and 1923
General Note:
Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson.
General Note:
This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC)
General Note:
This photograph is part of album H. Most of the photographs in this album were taken in 1920, though the earliest is dated 1918 and there are a few from 1923. Nos. H.7-18 may not have been taken by Mills, as it is not his writing on the back.
General Note:
Originally collected in Album H of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.)
General Note:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Ao Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1926. (LCCN: 27013331)
General Note:
VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
General Note:
VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/H/06 ( calm reference )