Jumping place, Guilong
B&W photographic print. 'This is a long heap of soft earth with at one end a tilted block of stone, the hazoa, seen on the right of the picture, from which young men take off in a ritualised long jump after the harvest is brought in. This is the ritual centre of the village, and it is under the...
| Date(s) of creation: |
5 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/LOAA005209 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'This is a long heap of soft earth with at one end a tilted block of stone, the hazoa, seen on the right of the picture, from which young men take off in a ritualised long jump after the harvest is brought in. This is the ritual centre of the village, and it is under the hazoa stone that heads taken in war are buried.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: Naga Ethnic group: Zeme 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 |