Carved post at Sangnu (Sangnyu)

B&W photographic print. 'Hutton describes the Ang's house as having 27 enormous posts supporting the roof. This may be one of them. "lt (also) contains a piece of magnificent wood about 20ft long by 12ft high (6.09m x 3.65m high) at least (with) all sorts of carving in relief, some in high rel...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/E/27 Open

Date(s) of creation: 20 October 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004427
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/E/27
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/E/27
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/E/27
prefix_number 27
title Carved post at Sangnu (Sangnyu)
scb_date_creation 20 October 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Hutton describes the Ang's house as having 27 enormous posts supporting the roof. This may be one of them. "lt (also) contains a piece of magnificent wood about 20ft long by 12ft high (6.09m x 3.65m high) at least (with) all sorts of carving in relief, some in high relief, other parts standing on projecting ledges and cut entirely away from the background but all done in the same piece of wood. There were two big tigers ... a couple of warriors and a mother suckling her child ... a man and woman performing the sexual act, a cock crowing excellently carved, a big snake ... human heads ... and a jappa (basket) standing absolutely clear of the main block (used) as a receptacle ... AII this carving was attributed to a more or less mythical ancestor and must be excessively old". The Nagaland Tourism booklet describes "a wonderful wooden monument measuring 8 feet (2.84m) in height and 12 feet (3.65m) in breadth - believed to be constructed by heavenly angels". This is almost certainly a fragment of the same carving described by Hutton. The connection between head-hunting and fertility is plain.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 9.5 x 7 cm
note Poles
Wood poles
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004427
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00E.0027

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