The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills

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caption: Wooden soul effigy set up in a temporary shelter on funeral ground. The effigy is a miniature figure dressed in warrior's attire and represents the deceased. Konyak, Zakkho village
medium: photographs
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Gako (Zakkho)
production:
person: Mills/ J.P.
date: 1918-1945
note: documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies, London
refnum: 183/JPM/JPM
seealso: Hutton, Diaries of Two Tours, MASB, XI:1, plate VII:4