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 |
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