'Mithan at Yungya'

B&W photographic print. 'Two mithan tied to trees with ropes made of creeper. The mithan (Bos frontalis) is kept as a semi-domesticated animal by Nagas. It normally roams free in the jungle, being fed salt occasionally by its owner. It is sacrificed on ceremonial occasions such as Feasts of Meri...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/A/09 Open

Date(s) of creation: 10 April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004132
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/09
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/09
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/09
prefix_number 09
title 'Mithan at Yungya'
scb_date_creation 10 April 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Two mithan tied to trees with ropes made of creeper. The mithan (Bos frontalis) is kept as a semi-domesticated animal by Nagas. It normally roams free in the jungle, being fed salt occasionally by its owner. It is sacrificed on ceremonial occasions such as Feasts of Merit. The British often exacted a fine of mithan for misdemeanours such as head-hunting.'
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 8 x 5.5cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Konyak (Indic people)
Mithun
Head-hunting
Headhunters
Naga Hills (India)
Yungya is also known as Aopao or Ao Pao and resides in the Champang H.Q. of the Mon District, Nagaland, India.
Ethnicity: Naga
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004132
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00A.0009

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