'Yangyam coolies at Mongnyu' [indentured/contract labourers]
B&W photographic print. 'According to Hutton's Diary, these Coolies [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] in fact came from the friendly clans of Yungya, not Yangam. The man front right is holding his woven headband which he attaches around the carrying basket containing the...
| Date(s) of creation: |
12 April 1923 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004133 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'According to Hutton's Diary, these Coolies [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] in fact came from the friendly clans of Yungya, not Yangam. The man front right is holding his woven headband which he attaches around the carrying basket containing the load. Coolies were of course rewarded for their services, either in cash, or in kind in areas where currency was unknown.' |
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| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Naga (South Asian people) Konyak (Indic people) Unskilled labor Porters Naga Hills (India) Mongnyu resides in the Longleng H.Q. of the Longleng District of Nagaland, India. Ethnicity: Konyak Naga Coolie is the photographer's term. When originally applied, the term 'coolie' was widely used to describe to anyone of Asia ethnicity. It is thought to have originate from terms in Gujarati, Tamil and Turkish roughly meaning labourer or slave. The term has since come to be used as a racial slur. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| Scripts: |
Latin |
| Physical description: |
8 x 5.5cm |
| Format: | Archive |