Mingethung head tree at Nungsa

B&W photographic print. 'Bamboo balls containing pieces of enemy heads are hung from the head tree (Mingethung). The fence round the base has been put up after the counting of the "luck stones", that lay at the roots of the tree.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/G/13 Open

Date(s) of creation: April 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004488
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/G/13
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/G/13
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/G/13
prefix_number 13
title Mingethung head tree at Nungsa
scb_date_creation April 1919
scb_level Item
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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. 'Bamboo balls containing pieces of enemy heads are hung from the head tree (Mingethung). The fence round the base has been put up after the counting of the "luck stones", that lay at the roots of the tree.'
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
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Trees
Sacred stones
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Lotha Naga
Longsa is alternatively known as Lungsa, Nongsa, Nongse, and Nungsa
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004488
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00G.0013

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