Untitled, 1936 November 22 (Image Y.17 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang, a village which had never before seen a white man. Hanging from the head tree were five heads taken from Saochu, on a raid when slaves were also taken. Because of this, Mills confiscated the heads and they are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
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Untitled, 1936 November 22 (Image Y.17 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Date of source photograph: 1936 November 22.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. IASC. |
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| Summary: |
Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang, a village which had never before seen a white man. Hanging from the head tree were five heads taken from Saochu, on a raid when slaves were also taken. Because of this, Mills confiscated the heads and they are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. |
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| Language: | English |
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Date of source photograph: 1936 November 22.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. IASC. |
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Image: © 1936, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India -- Nagaland -- Tuensang -- Yimpang. |