Eastern Rengma funeral monument

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B&W photographic print. 'It consists of a rough semicircular stone platform built beside a village path so that the spirit of the dead man will watch over and bless the crops and those who cultivate the fields. On it is built a tiny house which contains samples of every kind of edible grain. From a wooden framework are suspended gourds symbolising the head trophies the deceased has won or helped to get, as well as bundles of taro and edible gourds. In front are stuck in the ground bunches of reeds as a tally of the women with which he has had affairs. These demonstrate his virility in life and the fertility which will therefore be passed on to the village and its crops after his death.'

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Ethnic group: Naga

Ethnic group: Eastern Rengma Naga

Ethnic group: Rengma Naga

Ethnic group: Pochuri Naga

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9.5 x 7 cm

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Copyright held by J.P. Mills

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Naga (South Asian people)

Archive Record|Table of contents

Papers of James Philip MillsPP MS 58

PapersPP MS 58/01

Photograph AlbumsPP MS 58/02

'Album A' containing photographs of a punitive expedition to the Konyak Naga village of YungyaPP MS 58/02/A

Album BPP MS 58/02/B

Album CPP MS 58/02/C

Album DPP MS 58/02/D

Album EPP MS 58/02/E

Album FPP MS 58/02/F

Album GPP MS 58/02/G

Album HPP MS 58/02/H

Album JPP MS 58/02/J

Album KPP MS 58/02/K

Album LPP MS 58/02/L

Album MPP MS 58/02/M

Album NPP MS 58/02/N

Album OPP MS 58/02/O

Album PPP MS 58/02/P

Album QPP MS 58/02/Q

Album RPP MS 58/02/R

Field housePP MS 58/02/R/01

Portrait of a womanPP MS 58/02/R/02

Sitting placePP MS 58/02/R/03

House postPP MS 58/02/R/04

HousePP MS 58/02/R/05

HousePP MS 58/02/R/06

Old headman of TseminyuPP MS 58/02/R/07

Daughter of the headman of TseminyuPP MS 58/02/R/08

A group of people weeding a jhumed rice fieldPP MS 58/02/R/09

Semicircular stone platformsPP MS 58/02/R/10

Stone monolithsPP MS 58/02/R/11

Tally at a gravePP MS 58/02/R/12

Headman's daughter, Tseminyu, after being washedPP MS 58/02/R/13

Portrait of two womenPP MS 58/02/R/14

Portrait of a girl of Tseminyu who is a quarter EuropeanPP MS 58/02/R/15

Portrait of a girl of Tseminyu who is a quarter EuropeanPP MS 58/02/R/16

Portrait of a manPP MS 58/02/R/17

Portrait of a manPP MS 58/02/R/18

Portrait of a Rengma womanPP MS 58/02/R/19

Portrait of a Rengma manPP MS 58/02/R/20

Portrait of a young married womanPP MS 58/02/R/21

Portrait of a woman with babyPP MS 58/02/R/22

Woman winding yarnPP MS 58/02/R/23

Portrait of ResilloPP MS 58/02/R/24

Portrait of Resillo's wifePP MS 58/02/R/25

Family portraitPP MS 58/02/R/26

Front of a MorungPP MS 58/02/R/27

Front of a MorungPP MS 58/02/R/28

Decayed Morung, open to the elements, only the carved centre post remainsPP MS 58/02/R/29

Woman weavingPP MS 58/02/R/30

View over the hills in the Western Rengma countryPP MS 58/02/R/31

View of TesophenyuPP MS 58/02/R/32

View of TesophenyuPP MS 58/02/R/33

Portrait of Resillo's wifePP MS 58/02/R/34

Portrait of Resillo and his wife as a newly carried couplePP MS 58/02/R/35

Portrait of the widow of RilloPP MS 58/02/R/36

Portrait of an old woman of Tseminyu laughingPP MS 58/02/R/37

Portrait of two boysPP MS 58/02/R/38

Group of Eastern Rengma dancersPP MS 58/02/R/39

Eastern Rengma village of SahunyuPP MS 58/02/R/40

Eastern Rengma funeral monumentPP MS 58/02/R/41

Carved Y posts put up alter buffalo sacrifices during Feasts of MeritPP MS 58/02/R/42

Carved Y posts put up alter buffalo sacrifices during Feasts of MeritPP MS 58/02/R/43

Carved Y posts put up alter buffalo sacrifices during Feasts of MeritPP MS 58/02/R/44

Carved Y posts put up alter buffalo sacrifices during Feasts of MeritPP MS 58/02/R/45

Rich man's housePP MS 58/02/R/46

Eastern Rengma MorungPP MS 58/02/R/47

Two Eastern Rengma childrenPP MS 58/02/R/48

Eastern Rengma man is full dressPP MS 58/02/R/49

Eastern Rengma man having a haircutPP MS 58/02/R/50

Young married couplePP MS 58/02/R/51

Two Eastern Rengma women of MeluriPP MS 58/02/R/52

Eastern Rengma youth with his first body cloth, which is whitePP MS 58/02/R/53

Eastern Rengma woman wearing a skirtPP MS 58/02/R/54

Portrait of a rich man and his wilePP MS 58/02/R/55

Portrait of a rich man and his wilePP MS 58/02/R/56

Group of Eastern Rengma men of MeluriPP MS 58/02/R/57

Group of Eastern Rengma men of MeluriPP MS 58/02/R/58

Album SPP MS 58/02/S

Album TPP MS 58/02/T

Album UPP MS 58/02/U

Album VPP MS 58/02/V

Album WPP MS 58/02/W

Album XPP MS 58/02/X

Album YPP MS 58/02/Y