Two wooden grave effigies
B&W photographic print. 'Below the platform on which the corpse of the deceased is placed, are two wooden grave effigies with carved faces. They wear the dress and ornaments that would have been worn in life, and the one on the left carries a dao and spear. The effigies act as channels for the f...
| Date(s) of creation: |
21 October 1923 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004333 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Below the platform on which the corpse of the deceased is placed, are two wooden grave effigies with carved faces. They wear the dress and ornaments that would have been worn in life, and the one on the left carries a dao and spear. The effigies act as channels for the fertility, or potency, of the deceased represented by the effigy to return to the soil and thus benefit the fertility of the village.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Spears Effigies Machetes Sepulchral monuments Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Konyak Naga |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
12 x 7 cm |
| Copies: | Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Format: | Archive |