Funeral figure
B&W photographic print. 'This wooden effigy of a warrior is in a little shelter near the platform on which the corpse has been placed, and friends can come to mourn in front of the effigy, which is thought to act as a channel for the deceased's fertility to pass back into the earth for the benef...
| Date(s) of creation: |
19 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/LOAA004426 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'This wooden effigy of a warrior is in a little shelter near the platform on which the corpse has been placed, and friends can come to mourn in front of the effigy, which is thought to act as a channel for the deceased's fertility to pass back into the earth for the benefit of the village. The figure is dressed as the man would have been in life, with a feathered head-dress, necklaces, a head-taker's basket and three model spears. (It has to be noted that the fertility concept is not necessarily indigenous but rather an anthropological theory of the time).' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Warriors Effigies 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: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Format: | Archive |