Opya at Lungsa : tree with spears

B&W photographic print. 'Opya: The base of a tree bristling with spears. For this ceremony, a log is set up just outside the village, a cockerel is sacrificed and placed at its base, then all the men of the village, dressed in full finery, throw their spears at it, shouting as if in battle, befo...

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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/LOAA004490
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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