New Year's figure representing man (Image number T.008, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
A conventionalised figure of a man placed high above the ground between two poles. During the New Year festival darts are thrown at it, a hit meaning good crops. Mills remarks that it is "about as obvious a remnant of human sacrifice as one could find, and a close parallel to the Lotha (Lhota)...
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New Year's figure representing man (Image number T.008, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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1928.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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| Summary: |
A conventionalised figure of a man placed high above the ground between two poles. During the New Year festival darts are thrown at it, a hit meaning good crops. Mills remarks that it is "about as obvious a remnant of human sacrifice as one could find, and a close parallel to the Lotha (Lhota) opya" (see G.15). |
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| Language: | English |
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1928.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Image: © 1928, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India -- Assam -- Nagaon District -- Hojai. |