Kayan man killing a domestc pig, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man killing a domestic pig, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Holding a smouldering torch, he utters a prayer for the pig to carry to the gods; an answer to the prayer is then found in the liver of the dead animal
Picture No
12018114
Media ID
47659424
Size
4601px x 4280px
(7.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.8, June 1922
Date
1922
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