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...

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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/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.'
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
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive