Man sitting beside a platform on which two stones have been erected
B&W photographic print. 'A man sitting beside a platform on which two stones have been erected. He is probably the giver of the first of the series of Feasts of Merit, culminating in the stone-dragging ceremony, and entitling him to wear the richly decorated stone-dragging cloth. In the course o...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1936 |
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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/LOAA004232 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'A man sitting beside a platform on which two stones have been erected. He is probably the giver of the first of the series of Feasts of Merit, culminating in the stone-dragging ceremony, and entitling him to wear the richly decorated stone-dragging cloth. In the course of the ceremony two mithan are sacrificed and the meat distributed to members of the village. The stones are erected beside a path leading to the fields so that the "fertility" which they are held to possess may be transmitted to the villagers who pass by and to their crops.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Naga Hills (India) Naga (South Asian people) Lhota Naga (Indic People) |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Format: | Archive |