Rich man's house (Image number R.046, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

A rich man's house with a carved centre post and skulls of the buffaloes which he has sacrificed adorning the front walls. The houses always have back doors, the days of head-hunting being too recent a memory at this time to have dispensed with the emergency exit. When the tribe came under Brit...

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Full title: Rich man's house (Image number R.046, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [1919-1937].
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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JPMILLS.
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Summary: A rich man's house with a carved centre post and skulls of the buffaloes which he has sacrificed adorning the front walls. The houses always have back doors, the days of head-hunting being too recent a memory at this time to have dispensed with the emergency exit. When the tribe came under British protection, head-hunting was officially abolished.
Language: English
Published: [1919-1937].
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
RSA.
JPMILLS.
ILOAA.
Access: Image: © 1937, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Place of Publication: India.