'Yunghong coolies refusing to go on' [indentured/contract labourers]
B&W photographic print. 'The column was travelling from Yunghong to Angpang. Hutton describes this as "a rather ticklish march, as the two villages are very much at war and Yunghong had the greatest reluctance to meeting Anpang and vice versa, and neither could carry on the land of the other, or...
| Date(s) of creation: |
18 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/LOAA004271 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'The column was travelling from Yunghong to Angpang. Hutton describes this as "a rather ticklish march, as the two villages are very much at war and Yunghong had the greatest reluctance to meeting Anpang and vice versa, and neither could carry on the land of the other, or have the other village on their land. Eventually we got Yunghong - with some difficulty - as far as the place where Angpang were waiting, there let them put [down] their loads and go, after which Angpang came out and picked them up". Interestingly, in chapter 14 of The Nagas, by Julian Jacobs, page 156, headed "Naga Nationalism" this photograph is captioned "Men squatting in the long grass and objecting to the passage of a column, Yunghong village". These men look scared, not warlike, and are not armed.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
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 |
| 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 |