Medicine man of Rephyim in a fit (Image number G.005, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Yimbomo was a famous "medicine man" or "tiger man". Twom men were required to restain him. Tiger men have a parallel soul in a wild cat, often a leopard, and they are said to have special powers such as healing abilities and being able to foretell the future. If the wild cat o...
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Medicine man of Rephyim in a fit (Image number G.005, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1919.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| 024 | 7 | |a PP MS 58/02/G/05 |2 calm reference | |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Medicine man of Rephyim in a fit (Image number G.005, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) |h [electronic resource]. |
| 260 | |c 1919. | ||
| 490 | |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. | ||
| 500 | |a Date of photograph: 1919 April, ©1922 | ||
| 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 This photograph is part of album G. All the photographs in this album are of Lhotas and were taken in 1919, when Mills was based at Mokokchung, and engaged in writing The Lotha (Lhota) Nagas, published in 1922. Many of the images appear in that book. At this time the tribe numbered about 20,000, occupying the area of the Lower Doyang river, and bordered to the south by the Western Rengmas, to the north-east by the Aos, the south-east the Semas and the plains of Assam on the western side. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally collected in Album G of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.) | ||
| 500 | |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Lhota Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1922. (LCCN: 23005149) | ||
| 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/njh | ||
| 506 | |a Image: © 1919, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a Yimbomo was a famous "medicine man" or "tiger man". Twom men were required to restain him. Tiger men have a parallel soul in a wild cat, often a leopard, and they are said to have special powers such as healing abilities and being able to foretell the future. If the wild cat of a tiger man dies, the man needs a new cat or he will dye as well. | |
| 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 Medicine men. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Shamans. | |
| 650 | |a Tiger men. | ||
| 650 | |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- वोखा जिला. | ||
| 650 | |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Naga (South Asian people). | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Naga. |2 ethnicity | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Lotha Naga. |2 ethnicity | |
| 650 | 7 | |a 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 Wokha District |d Rephyim Old. | ||
| 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/00/44/80/00001/00005thm.jpg |