Skulls in Morung

B&W photographic print. 'Rows of skulls on shelves. Head-hunting trophies are kept here. When a head is taken, it is first placed at the foot of this erect stone, then put into a basket and left to rot in the jungle. When more or less clean, it is hoisted up on this pole and left there until t...

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Date(s) of creation: October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004342
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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