The bringing in Ngaku's tiger (Image number H.019, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
The slain tiger is lashed to a bier in a standing position, its tail straight up and its mouth propped open. Carried by two lines of men, it is being brought into (probably) Mills' garden, watched by an admiring crowd. A man who has killed a tiger is highly honoured and respected in the village...
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The bringing in Ngaku's tiger (Image number H.019, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1920.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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The slain tiger is lashed to a bier in a standing position, its tail straight up and its mouth propped open. Carried by two lines of men, it is being brought into (probably) Mills' garden, watched by an admiring crowd. A man who has killed a tiger is highly honoured and respected in the village. The event is celebrated as would be a successful head-hunting raid, and the warriors dance round it when it is carried in. Nagas consider a tiger to be the elder bother of man. The procession pauses while Miren is offered rice beer from a bamboo vessel by Ngaku, who had killed the tiger. |
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| Language: | English |
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1920.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Image: © 1920, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India -- Nagaland -- Mokokchung District -- Mokokchung. |