Head stones of Deka Chang of Semkhor
B&W photographic print. 'On these stones outside the "deka chang" (bachelor's dormitory) enemy heads were placed after returning from a raid. They were kept there until the days of "genna" (ritual taboo time) were over and then thrown away, rather than kept, as Konyak Nagas would have done. Mill...
| Date(s) of creation: |
6 March 1927 |
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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/LOAA005184 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |