Sochiphing at Pangti : bamboo platform with offerings to a dead man

B&W photographic print. 'Sochiphing, a bamboo platform with offerings to a dead man, including a container of rice beer. The two notched sticks are for his ghost to use as a ladder up to the platform.'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/G/16 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/LOAA004489
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/16
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/G/16
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/G/16
prefix_number 16
title Sochiphing at Pangti : bamboo platform with offerings to a dead man
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. 'Sochiphing, a bamboo platform with offerings to a dead man, including a container of rice beer. The two notched sticks are for his ghost to use as a ladder up to the platform.'
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 Rice beer
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Lotha Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004489
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.0016

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