Cutting up a mithun
B&W photographic print. 'The mithun (Bos frontalis) plays an important part in ceremonial life. It is a semi-domesticated type of bovine which normally roams free in the jungle, being fed salt occasionally by its owner. This animal may have been sacrificed for one of a series of Feasts of Merit...
| Date(s) of creation: |
April 1919 |
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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/LOAA004483 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |