Eastern Rengma Morung
B&W photographic print. 'A Morung (bachelor's dormitory). Huge tassels of plant fibre hang from the beams, the crossed "house horns" symbolise increase of prosperity, and the central post is carved with conventionalised hornbills, symbolising success, with a lizard carved at the base. No Rengma...
| Date(s) of creation: |
21 March 1924 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004861 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'A Morung (bachelor's dormitory). Huge tassels of plant fibre hang from the beams, the crossed "house horns" symbolise increase of prosperity, and the central post is carved with conventionalised hornbills, symbolising success, with a lizard carved at the base. No Rengma ever kills lizard, because it is believed to give a soul water on the road to the Land of the Dead.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Dormitories Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Easter Rengma Naga Ethnic group: Rengma Naga Ethnic group: Pochuri Naga |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Format: | Archive |