Heads displayed on a bamboo pole tied to the erect stone in fron (Image number C.016, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
When a head is taken, it is first placed at the foot of this erect stone, then put into a basket and left to rot in the jungle. When more or less clean, it is hoisted up on this pole and left there until the next annual ceremony which is celebrated when the young crops have grown high and are due fo...
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Heads displayed on a bamboo pole tied to the erect stone in fron (Image number C.016, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Language: | English |
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1923.
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| 001 | LOAA004337_00001 | ||
| 005 | 20150314143553.0 | ||
| 006 | m o c | ||
| 007 | cr n ---ma mp | ||
| 008 | 150312n xx nnn o neng d | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a PP MS 58/02/C/16 |2 calm reference | |
| 040 | |a LOA |c LOA | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Heads displayed on a bamboo pole tied to the erect stone in fron (Image number C.016, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) |h [electronic resource]. |
| 260 | |c 1923. | ||
| 490 | |a Ancestral stones. | ||
| 500 | |a Date of photograph: 1923 October 22 | ||
| 500 | |a Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson. | ||
| 500 | |a This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC) | ||
| 500 | |a The image is part of Album C. The first part of this Album contains photographs taken when Mills was touring with J.H. Hutton in the Konyak country in October 1923. Album B. also contains some photographs taken on this tour. At the time Mills was Assistant Commissioner, based at Mokokchung, and Hutton was Deputy Commissioner at Kohima. The latter part of the Album consists of photographs from other areas. These cannot be dated, but were probably taken at about the same period. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally collected in Album C of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.) | ||
| 500 | |a Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909- . The Naked Nagas. London : Methuen & Co., Ltd. [1939]. (LCCN: 40014642) | ||
| 500 | |a Hutton, John Henry. Tour Diary [manuscript]. 1923 April. (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford) | ||
| 500 | |a Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas : hill peoples of Northeast India : society, culture, and the colonial encounter. London : Thames and Hudson, 1990. | ||
| 500 | |a Chui is alternately spelled Chi | ||
| 500 | |a VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960 | ||
| 500 | |a VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine | ||
| 500 | |a Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nbe | ||
| 506 | |a Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a When a head is taken, it is first placed at the foot of this erect stone, then put into a basket and left to rot in the jungle. When more or less clean, it is hoisted up on this pole and left there until the next annual ceremony which is celebrated when the young crops have grown high and are due for their first weeding. After this, the head is taken down and transferred to the Ang's collection, or placed in the Morung, when its fertility or "soul- force" will be transferred to the village. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS, University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2015. |f (SOAS Digital Library) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. | ||
| 535 | 1 | |a Archives and Special Collections. | |
| 650 | |a Head-hunting. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Ceremonies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Skulls. | |
| 650 | |a Panjis. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Headhunters. | |
| 650 | |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मेरे जिले -- चूई. | ||
| 650 | |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Naga (South Asian people). | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Naga. |2 ethnicity | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Konyak Naga. |2 ethnicity | |
| 650 | 7 | |a नागा. |2 ethnicity | |
| 650 | 7 | |a कोन्याक नागा. |2 ethnicity | |
| 720 | 1 | |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. | |
| 720 | 1 | |a Hobson, Geraldine. |4 ctb | |
| 752 | |a India |b Nagaland |c Mon District |d Chui. | ||
| 830 | 0 | |a SOAS Digital Library. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a ASC. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a REGIONS. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a RSA. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a JPMILLS. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a ILOAA. | |
| 852 | |a SOAS | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |y Electronic Resource |
| 992 | 0 | 4 | |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/43/37/00001/00016thm.jpg |