Loads at Mongnyu
B&W photographic print. 'Porters with some of the expedition's loads, which were all transported in lidded baskets made of cane, still used by Nagas today. As described below, coolies [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] had to be hired as they went along, because they natu...
| Date(s) of creation: |
April 1923 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004270 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Porters with some of the expedition's loads, which were all transported in lidded baskets made of cane, still used by Nagas today. As described below, coolies [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] had to be hired as they went along, because they naturally would not venture into enemy territory. The man on the right has his dao in its wooden holder on his back.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Porters Machetes Naga (South Asian people) Ethnic group: 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 |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
13 x 7.5 cm |
| Copies: | Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Format: | Archive |