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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| collection |
SOAS Archive |
|---|---|
| id |
PP_MS_58.02.E.28 |
| recordtype |
archive |
| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
| callnumber |
PP MS 58/02/E/28 |
| callnumber_txt |
PP MS 58/02/E/28 |
| callnumber-sort |
PP MS 58/02/E/28 |
| prefix_number |
28 |
| title |
Funeral figure |
| scb_date_creation |
19 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. '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).' |
| 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 |
Warriors Effigies Sepulchral monuments Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Konyak Naga |
| scb_url |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004426 |
| 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.0028 |