People dancing in ceremonial dress (Image number O.066, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
People dancing in ceremonial dress (Image number O.066, 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:
A ceremonial visit by one clan to another in Kohima village. Many clans have long-standing friendships with clans in other villages, sometimes two or three day's journey apart , and these visits take place by invitation, often annually, and are an excuse for much feasting, drinking and dancing. The visiting clan wears ceremonial dress for the whole journey and both clans wear ceremonial dress for the duration of the visit. The host clan prepares vast quantities of rice beer and kills many animals to feast the visitors. These visits are always paid during the month of March. ( en )
General Note:
Date of photograph: 1925 March
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 O. The album contains photographs dating from late 1924 to early 1925. They are of a number of different tribes. Two, taken by Mills, are reproduced in the second edition of J.H. Hutton's The Angami Nagas.
General Note:
Originally collected in Album O 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. [Tour Diaries.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Angami Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1921.
General Note:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518)
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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/NJM

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1925, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/O/66 ( calm reference )