Charnel-house in Mon

B&W photographic print. 'The photograph shows various urns covered with flat stones. They would contain skulls of deceased people of the village, placed here after being removed from the corpse a week or so after death.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/C/11 Open

Date(s) of creation: 21 October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004334
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
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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/C/11
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/C/11
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/C/11
prefix_number 11
title Charnel-house in Mon
scb_date_creation 21 October 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. 'The photograph shows various urns covered with flat stones. They would contain skulls of deceased people of the village, placed here after being removed from the corpse a week or so after death.'
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 12 x 7 cm
note Urns
Cists (Boxes)
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004334
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00C.0011

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