People assembling at the Morung
B&W photographic print. 'A large crowd of people on and around the sitting-out platform beside the Morung, the jutting gable of which is hung with grass tassels. What appears to be a head, decorated with horns and tassels, swings from a pole attached to the gable. Kamahu had earlier suffered a h...
| Date(s) of creation: |
August 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/LOAA004403 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'A large crowd of people on and around the sitting-out platform beside the Morung, the jutting gable of which is hung with grass tassels. What appears to be a head, decorated with horns and tassels, swings from a pole attached to the gable. Kamahu had earlier suffered a head-hunting raid by Yungya when a group of women and children had gone down to the plains to buy salt, but were doubtless head-hunters themselves. Over his shoulder a man carries a rolled-up woven bamboo mat on which rice will be spread to dry.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Dormitories Mats 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: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Format: | Archive |