Tobu, soul images : baskets and wooden effegies below a small roof (Image number C.028, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

Tobu, soul images (baskets with [ ? ] chests). Konyak. Each clan builds a shelter where effigies of their deceased are placed. This shelter is often located beside a path leading to the fields, not necessarily near the actual grave. Some at least of the images appear to be made of basketry, and boar...

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Full title: Tobu, soul images : baskets and wooden effegies below a small roof (Image number C.028, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1923.
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245 0 0 |a Tobu, soul images : baskets and wooden effegies below a small roof (Image number C.028, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c 1923. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: 1923 October 
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 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 Tobu, soul images (baskets with [ ? ] chests). Konyak. Each clan builds a shelter where effigies of their deceased are placed. This shelter is often located beside a path leading to the fields, not necessarily near the actual grave. Some at least of the images appear to be made of basketry, and boar's tusks and certain items of clothing can be discerned. Cane hoops hang from the tree on the right. 
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 0 |a Effigies. 
650 0 |a Baskets. 
650 0 |a Sepulchral monuments. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मेरे जिले -- टोबू. 
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 Tobu. 
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830 0 |a RSA. 
830 0 |a JPMILLS. 
830 0 |a ILOAA. 
852 |a SOAS 
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