Leopard hunt

B&W photographic print. 'The killing of a leopard is celebrated as the death of an enemy. The arrival of its corpse at the village is accompanied by the same chants which follow a successful head-hunting raid, and the warriors then dance around it. Afterwards it is placed on a traditional spot n...

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Date(s) of creation: 1919-1920
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004543
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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