Mophungzuket "leper" (Image number H.014, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
This image of a grave hung with the deceased person's possessions could be interpreted in various ways. "Leper'' in inverted commas on the back of the photograph may indeed mean that the person who died was a leper, in which case the death is considered in some villages as accur...
| Full title: |
Mophungzuket "leper" (Image number H.014, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
|---|---|
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1920.
|
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online access: |
Click here to view record |
| LEADER | 03699nkm a22004933a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | LOAA004519_00001 | ||
| 005 | 20150314172155.0 | ||
| 006 | m o c | ||
| 007 | cr n ---ma mp | ||
| 008 | 150313n xx nnn o neng d | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a PP MS 58/02/H/14 |2 calm reference | |
| 040 | |a LOA |c LOA | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Mophungzuket "leper" (Image number H.014, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) |h [electronic resource]. |
| 260 | |c 1920. | ||
| 490 | |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. | ||
| 500 | |a Date of photograph: 1920 | ||
| 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 H. Most of the photographs in this album were taken in 1920, though the earliest is dated 1918 and there are a few from 1923. Nos. H.7-18 may not have been taken by Mills, as it is not his writing on the back. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally collected in Album H 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 Ao Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1926. (LCCN: 27013331) | ||
| 500 | |a VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960 | ||
| 500 | |a VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine | ||
| 506 | |a Image: © 1920, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a This image of a grave hung with the deceased person's possessions could be interpreted in various ways. "Leper'' in inverted commas on the back of the photograph may indeed mean that the person who died was a leper, in which case the death is considered in some villages as accursed, bringing disgrace and ruin upon his family. They would have to kill all their livestock and abandon their house and all their possessions, being reduced to destitution and reliant on the charity of their neighbours. But, in that case the grave would have no roof or Ornaments for the next world. This grave, however, has a rough Christian cross in front of it, although this is painted with various non-Christian symbols such as snakes and stylised hornbills. Though Christians bury their dead rather than expose them on corpse platforms, they often roof over the grave and display the possessions just as the non-Christians do. Perhaps the deceased was converted to Christianity before dying of leprosy, thus avoiding the calamity for his family of an "accursed" death. | |
| 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 Leprosy. | |
| 650 | |a कुष्ठ. | ||
| 650 | |a কুষ্ঠ. | ||
| 650 | |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मोकोकचुंग जिले -- मोकोकचुंग. | ||
| 650 | |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. | ||
| 720 | 1 | |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. | |
| 720 | 1 | |a Hobson, Geraldine. |4 ctb | |
| 752 | |a India |b Nagaland |c Mokokchung District |d Mokokchung. | ||
| 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/00/45/19/00001/00014thm.jpg |