Picture No | 12018114 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | Kayan man killing a domestc pig, Borneo, SE Asia |
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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.
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Source | Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.8, June 1922 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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