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...

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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/LOAA004333
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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