'Approaching Tangsa'

B&W photographic print. 'A long line of porters approaches, guarded by Gurkha soldiers, seen on the right (see also B.7). Two Europeans, probably Hutton and Shakespear, are in front. "Here elaborate preparations had been made for us, a camp being cleared and water and wood stacked ready. This we...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/A/04 Open

Date(s) of creation: 6 April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004127
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/04
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/04
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/04
prefix_number 04
title 'Approaching Tangsa'
scb_date_creation 6 April 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'A long line of porters approaches, guarded by Gurkha soldiers, seen on the right (see also B.7). Two Europeans, probably Hutton and Shakespear, are in front. "Here elaborate preparations had been made for us, a camp being cleared and water and wood stacked ready. This we ungraciously acknowledged by arresting three of the leading villagers who had been concerned in the Yungya raid on Kamahu. However the village in general seemed pleased, as the gentlemen seemed far from popular."'
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 8 x 5.5cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Konyak (Indic people)
Gurkha (South Asian people)
Europeans
Porters
Discovery & exploration
Camps
Guard troops
Naga Hills (India)
Tangsa is a village in the Tamlu H.Q. of Longleng District, Nagaland, India.
Ethnicity: Naga
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
Ethnicity: Gurkha
Ethnicity: Europeans
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004127
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00A.0004

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