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Photograph of a Kom woman in traditional dress

Description: This is a Kom woman in traditional dress (Ponkokhoi in Kom). She is standing on a patio wearing a headdress with feathers and matching red bead earrings and necklace (Thrichung in Kom).
Date: June 27, 2002
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograh of Kom men

Description: Kom men preparing a burial or internment excavation
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a rakung

Description: Photograph of a rakung- a bamboo made carrier to transport a dead body from home to grave yard
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Kom headdress

Description: Photograph of a ropho, a traditional headdress worn by a successful warrior, or a man who has hunted many animals. The ropho is made from horse hair.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Kom man dancing

Description: A Kom man performing a dance wherein dancers imitate an eagle trying to pick up the skull of an animal.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Siling

Description: Photograph of a Siling, a Y shaped post which is erected in memory of the Kom ancestors. A man and woman in traditional dress are standing in front of the SIling.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograh of two Kom women

Description: Girls in traditional dress with scarf (Mukhamjar) and wraparound (Ponkokhui).
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Kom man

Description: Photograph of a man sipping homemade wine at a harvest festival.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT College of Information
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