Wooden grave effigy at Choha
B&W photographic print. 'This village had never before been visited by Europeans. The image shows a wooden grave effigy place in a little house alongside the corpse platform on which the body is placed after death. Eight to ten days after death, the head is removed from the body, cleaned and put...
| Date(s) of creation: |
19 April 1923 |
|---|---|
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004278 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| collection |
SOAS Archive |
|---|---|
| id |
PP_MS_58.02.B.19 |
| recordtype |
archive |
| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
| callnumber |
PP MS 58/02/B/19 |
| callnumber_txt |
PP MS 58/02/B/19 |
| callnumber-sort |
PP MS 58/02/B/19 |
| prefix_number |
19 |
| title |
Wooden grave effigy at Choha |
| scb_date_creation |
19 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 |
| author |
Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| author_facet |
Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| authorStr |
Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| author_letter |
Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| format |
Archive |
| description |
B&W photographic print. 'This village had never before been visited by Europeans. The image shows a wooden grave effigy place in a little house alongside the corpse platform on which the body is placed after death. Eight to ten days after death, the head is removed from the body, cleaned and put into an urn with a flat stone covering it.' |
| scb_access_status |
Open |
| scb_copyright |
Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| language |
No linguistic content |
| language_search |
No linguistic content |
| scb_scripts_material |
Unwritten |
| scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs |
13 x 7.5 cm |
| scb_copies |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| note |
Urns Cists (Boxes) Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Konyak Naga |
| scb_url |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004278 |
| scb_url_description |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
PP MS 58 |
| hierarchy_sequence |
PP_MS_58.0002.00B.0019 |