Leading a mithun to a sacrifice.
| Catalogue reference: | PPMS19_6_NAGA_1844 |
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| Collection: | Fürer-Haimendorf |
| Description: | These Minyong Adi men are leading a mithun (bos frontalis) to a sacrifice, conducted to cure an illness. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf noted that this animal resisted fiercely and finally fell down exhausted before it was successfully brought to the place for its sacrifice. |
| Date/period of original: | 01 February 1937 |
| Ethnic group: | Minyong Adi |
| Location: | Pangin village, Arunachal Pradesh, East Siang District, India |
| Copyright: | SOAS, Nicholas Haimendorf |
| For citation use: | SOAS Library PPMS19_6_NAGA_1844 |
| Geographical Location: | View the associated location for this item in Google maps |
| Title: | Leading a mithun to a sacrifice. |
| Format of Original: | 35mm B&W neg_Kodak Panatomic (nu |
| Original reference: | 063_09_Abor Hills |
| Creator of original: | Fürer-Haimendorf, |
| Copy taken by: | von Stockhausen, Alban |
| Date of Copy: | 25 September 2007 |
| License: | Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial |
| Additional Information: | View full catalogue record |
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