Tobu, soul images : baskets and wooden effegies below a small roof
B&W photographic print. 'Tobu, soul images (baskets with [ ? ] chests). Konyak. Each clan builds a shelter where effigies of their deceased are placed. This shelter is often located beside a path leading to the fields, not necessarily near the actual grave. Some at least of the images appear to...
| Date(s) of creation: |
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/LOAA004350 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Tobu, soul images (baskets with [ ? ] chests). Konyak. Each clan builds a shelter where effigies of their deceased are placed. This shelter is often located beside a path leading to the fields, not necessarily near the actual grave. Some at least of the images appear to be made of basketry, and boar's tusks and certain items of clothing can be discerned. Cane hoops hang from the tree on the right.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Effigies Baskets 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 |
| Format: | Archive |