Procession of warriors returning to the village alter a successful raid (Image number P.084, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

The warriors return to the village with the enemy head. Once the rituals have been completed, the head is of little importance, though some tribes preserve the old skulls as trophies. See also, PP MS 58 image number P.094.

Full title: Procession of warriors returning to the village alter a successful raid (Image number P.084, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
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Language: English
Published: 1924.
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245 0 0 |a Procession of warriors returning to the village alter a successful raid (Image number P.084, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c 1924. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: 1924 November 
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 image is part of Album P. This album contains images taken in 1923-1924 of the Ao, Angami, Zemi, Eastern Rengma, Sema, Sangtam and Yimchungr tribes. It includes a series on the rituals following the taking of a head. 
500 |a Originally collected in Album P 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. [Tour Diaries.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Letters to Henry Balfour.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518) 
500 |a Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas : hill peoples of Northeast India : society, culture, and the colonial encounter. London : Thames and Hudson, 1990. 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Ethics of Headhunting. Published in: Discovery. [specific reference, unavailable] 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. Sanctuary of Savages. Published in: Geographical Magazine. [specific reference, unavailable] 
500 |a Whitehead, John, 1924- . Far frontiers : people and events in North-Eastern India, 1857-1947. Putney, London : BASCA, 1989. (ISBN: 0907799310) 
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/nsm 
506 |a Image: © 1924, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. 
520 3 |a The warriors return to the village with the enemy head. Once the rituals have been completed, the head is of little importance, though some tribes preserve the old skulls as trophies. See also, PP MS 58 image number P.094. 
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 Heads. 
650 0 |a Skulls. 
650 |a Head-hunting. 
650 0 |a Headhunters. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- ज़ुन्हेबोटो जिला. 
650 |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. 
650 0 |a Naga (South Asian people). 
650 7 |a Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Sumi Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a सुमी 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 Zunheboto District  |d Sakhalu. 
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