Shipirr

B&W photographic print. 'Mode of keeping heads. The heads are displayed on bamboo poles; sometimes gourds are substituted for heads. The horizontal pieces are known as "horns of increase", presumably to further increase the fertility which is thought to come from the head.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/A/32 Open

Date(s) of creation: 11 November 1924
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004155
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/32
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/32
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/32
prefix_number 32
title Shipirr
scb_date_creation 11 November 1924
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. 'Mode of keeping heads. The heads are displayed on bamboo poles; sometimes gourds are substituted for heads. The horizontal pieces are known as "horns of increase", presumably to further increase the fertility which is thought to come from the head.'
scb_access_status Open
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
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)
Head-hunting
Headhunters
Heads (Anatomy)
Fertility
Naga Hills (India)
Sampurre (India) is also known as Thachumi and Shipirr.
Ethnicity: Naga
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004155
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.0032

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