Opya at Lungsa : tree with spears (Image number G.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Opya: The base of a tree bristling with spears. For this ceremony, a log is set up just outside the village, a cockerel is sacrificed and placed at its base, then all the men of the village, dressed in full finery, throw their spears at it, shouting as if in battle, before returning to their Morung...
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Opya at Lungsa : tree with spears (Image number G.015, 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.
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| 024 | 7 | |a PP MS 58/02/G/15 |2 calm reference | |
| 040 | |a LOA |c LOA | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Opya at Lungsa : tree with spears (Image number G.015, 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 Opya: The base of a tree bristling with spears. For this ceremony, a log is set up just outside the village, a cockerel is sacrificed and placed at its base, then all the men of the village, dressed in full finery, throw their spears at it, shouting as if in battle, before returning to their Morung singing the chant of returning head-hunters. | |
| 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 Dormitories. | |
| 650 | |a Morung. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Trees. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ceremonies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Spears. | |
| 650 | |a एशिया -- भारत -- मणिपुर -- चुराचांदपुर जिले. | ||
| 650 | |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- মণিপুর. | ||
| 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 Manipur |c Churachandpur District |d Lungsai. | ||
| 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/00/44/90/00001/00015thm.jpg |