Gurkha soldiers crossing the first stockade of the Wenshoi khel of Pangsha (Image Y.24 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Gurkha soldiers crossing the first stockade of the Wenshoi khel of Pangsha about three miles from the main village. 'They had built a stone barricade loopholed for arrows but did not hold it. In the middle of the wall is a fence of banana stems, for it is a very old Naga belief that bullets pas...
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Gurkha soldiers crossing the first stockade of the Wenshoi khel of Pangsha (Image Y.24 : 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 27.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Gurkha soldiers crossing the first stockade of the Wenshoi khel of Pangsha about three miles from the main village. 'They had built a stone barricade loopholed for arrows but did not hold it. In the middle of the wall is a fence of banana stems, for it is a very old Naga belief that bullets passing between banana stems are "cooled" and rendered harmless.' |
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| Language: | English |
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Date of source photograph: 1936 November 27.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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Image: © 1936, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. |
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India -- Nagaland -- Tuensang -- Pangsha. |