Portrait of Santemo and Yanasao (Image number N.005, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
Portrait of Santemo and Yanasao (Image number N.005, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Series Title:
J.P. Mills Photographic Collection
Creator:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Hobson, Geraldine ( contributor )
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Materials:
B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm ( medium )

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Abstract:
Santemo and Yanasao wearing blue lengtas, or loin cloths, tied first round the waist to form a belt, then drawn up between the legs so that the broad flap hangs down in front. The cloth has narrow red stripes for Southern Lhotas (on left),and broad red stripes for Northern Lhotas. The man on the left wears armlets of elephant tusks and wristlets of cowries sewn onto a cloth foundation and ornamented with a fringe of red hair, showing that he has participated in a head-taking ceremony. This is also signified by the neck ornament of boar's tusks worn by the other man. The man on the left wears a tight necklet made of black plantain seeds, and longer necklaces made of worked shell and beads. ( en )
General Note:
Date of photograph: 1919 June
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 N. All images of this album have been taken between 1919 and 1923.
General Note:
Originally collected in Album N 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 Lhota Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1922. (LCCN: 23005149)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Ao Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1926. (LCCN: 27013331)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518)
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Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas : hill peoples of Northeast India : society, culture, and the colonial encounter. London : Thames and Hudson, 1990.
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Letters to W. Archer.] Published at: University of Cambridge, Department of Social Anthropiology. Naga Videodisk. [1980s] cf, http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/naga/
General Note:
VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
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VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine
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Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/njh

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1919, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/N/05 ( calm reference )