Mithun ready for sacrifice in a Nyishi settlement
This mithun (bos frontalis) is tethered to a post, prior to sacrifice as part of a Nyishi ritual. In addition to providing meat, mithuns, which some Nyishis owned in large numbers in this part of the Subansiri region, were also used to pay debts, purchase land and negotiate marriage settlements. The...
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Mithun ready for sacrifice in a Nyishi settlement [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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