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.'


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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