'Yangam coolies at Mongnyu' [indentured/contract labourers]

B&W photographic print. 'Yangam is a Phom and Konyak village. Mongnyu had never before been visited by Europeans (see also PP MS 58 image number A.010).'

Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/B/10 Open

Date(s) of creation: 12 April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004269
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.B.10
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/B/10
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/B/10
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/B/10
prefix_number 10
title 'Yangam coolies at Mongnyu' [indentured/contract labourers]
scb_date_creation 12 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
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Yangam is a Phom and Konyak village. Mongnyu had never before been visited by Europeans (see also PP MS 58 image number A.010).'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 13 x 7.5 cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Phom Naga
Ethnic group: 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 ha
Bhumnyu is alternately known as Mongnyu
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004269
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00B.0010

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