Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice (Image number K.034, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

It is not only evil spirits that can cause illness. Sometimes if a man complains of illness after killing a particular animal - in this case a pig - the "medicine man" may decide that the sick man is being attacked by the soul of the animal. So an old man of the sick man's clan sacrif...

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Full title: Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice (Image number K.034, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [1918-1926], ©1926.
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245 0 0 |a Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice (Image number K.034, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c [1918-1926], ©1926. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: [1918-1926], ©1926 
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 K. Many of the images of this album are published in "The Ao Nagas" 1926. Mongsen andChongli are two groups of the Ao, speaking their own dialect and following their own customs. At the time these photographs were taken some villages could contain khels of these separate groups, each khel knowing the other's language but speaking its own. This was often very inconvenient, so a village might decide to speak the same dialect, even though Mongsen or Chongli customs continued to be differentiated among the inhabitants. There were also, of course, villages which were purely Mongsen or Chongli. 
500 |a Originally collected in Album K 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 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/njo 
506 |a Image: © 1926, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. 
520 3 |a It is not only evil spirits that can cause illness. Sometimes if a man complains of illness after killing a particular animal - in this case a pig - the "medicine man" may decide that the sick man is being attacked by the soul of the animal. So an old man of the sick man's clan sacrifices a fowl and hangs up an imitation pig and basket at the place of sacrifice. (Ungma is a Chongli village) 
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 Sacrifice. 
650 0 |a Pigs. 
650 0 |a Baskets. 
650 |a Medicine men. 
650 0 |a Shamans. 
650 0 |a Animal sacrifice. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मोकोकचुंग जिले. 
650 |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. 
650 0 |a Naga (South Asian people). 
650 7 |a Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Ao Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a एओ 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 Mokokchung District  |d Ungma. 
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830 0 |a ASC. 
830 0 |a REGIONS. 
830 0 |a RSA. 
830 0 |a JPMILLS. 
830 0 |a ILOAA. 
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