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...

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Date(s) of creation: 21 March 1924
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.'
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
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive