Genna poles in a village (Image number N.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
Genna poles in a village (Image number N.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Series Title:
J.P. Mills Photographic Collection
Creator:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Hobson, Geraldine ( contributor )
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Materials:
B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm ( medium )

Notes

Abstract:
These may be poles set up after a Feast of Merit outside the house of the feast giver (genna poles). Very tall bamboos are bound with cane leaves and bamboo hoops hung from them. ( en )
General Note:
Date of photograph: 1919-1923
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Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson.
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This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC)
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This photograph is part of album N. All images of this album have been taken between 1919 and 1923.
General Note:
The Feast of Merit was a series of ceremonies, each more lavish than the preceeding, culminated in the sacrifice of a mithun, a kind of buffalo also known as a 'seijang'. A wealthy man transmits his own fertility, and its ability to get things done and to acquire wealth, to members of his community through the use of his wealth, to provide rice, meat and rice beer.
General Note:
Originally collected in Album N of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Lhota Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1922. (LCCN: 23005149)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518)
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Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas : hill peoples of Northeast India : society, culture, and the colonial encounter. London : Thames and Hudson, 1990.
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Letters to W. Archer.] Published at: University of Cambridge, Department of Social Anthropiology. Naga Videodisk. [1980s] cf, http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/naga/
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VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
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VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine
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Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nsm

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/N/15 ( calm reference )