Gourds and a head on poles
B&W photographic print. 'Besides many gourds, a skull is impaled on a bamboo pole. Bamboo spikes, panjis, have been pushed into the eye sockets to blind it so that it cannot "see" its enemies. '
| Date(s) of creation: |
November 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/LOAA004894 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Besides many gourds, a skull is impaled on a bamboo pole. Bamboo spikes, panjis, have been pushed into the eye sockets to blind it so that it cannot "see" its enemies. ' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| 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 |