The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

letters from J.P. Mills to Henry Balfour

caption:

Process of fire-making using a fire thong

medium:

letters

person:

Balfour/ Henry Hutton/ J.H.

ethnicgroup:

Sema

date:

25.3.1923

production:

person:

Mills/ J.P.

acquirer:

person:	Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford
refnum:	Mills Ms.

text:

Mokokchung,

text:

Naga Hills,

text:

Assam

text:

March 25th 1923

text:

Dear Balfour,

text:

...Nagas when making fire with a fire thong first squat and then stand to finish the operation. Hutton in 'The Semas' seems to have his photograph the wrong way round...

text:

Yours ever,

text:

J.P. Mills

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