Mss Eur F157/324(5)

Genre: Portrait Photography

Full-length standing portrait of the Aka chief: 'On the 10th of January Captains Graham, Kennedy, and I left for Gohain-tan, the chief village of the Kavatsun (Kapachor) Akas, it is one day's journey from Jamiri; a 6,500 feet ridge separates the Kutsun from the Kavatsun Akas. On reaching Gohain-tan, Kalor, the Raja, and a deputation of Akas came to meet me. Triumphal arches of bamboo had been prepared. They insisted that I should come to the village. I was shown a small boy who had been recovered from the Daflas. I had luckily two months before arranged an exchange of prisoners between the Akas and Daflas; this small boy was one of them. Kalor was wearing a blue silk robe and a Tibetan hat of exactly the same pattern as that worn by Tagi. I found out that these garments and hats are presented to the Aka chiefs periodically by the Tibetans. I was surprised at Kalor's house, it is a very large one, about 180 feet long 30 feet broad solidly built of dressed timber and roofed entirely with corrugated iron brought from Tezpur. I stayed some days at Kalor's village and established most excellent relations...'