Poisoning Doyang : a large group of people fishing

B&W photographic print. 'The men while standing in the river are beating onto plants. The sap emerging from the plants causes the oxygene in the river to vanish for a short time. All fish dye and can be taken out easily without actually poisoning them or the river. Various plants are used, freq...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/G/02 Open

Date(s) of creation: April 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004476
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/G/02
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/G/02
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/G/02
prefix_number 02
title Poisoning Doyang : a large group of people fishing
scb_date_creation April 1919
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. 'The men while standing in the river are beating onto plants. The sap emerging from the plants causes the oxygene in the river to vanish for a short time. All fish dye and can be taken out easily without actually poisoning them or the river. Various plants are used, frequently used is the creeper locally called niro. Each man pounds a bundle of this on the bank to break down the plant cells. Then the creepers are further pounded on logs laid across the stream, the bundles being dipped into the water at intervals. When watchers downstream see the first fish come gasping to the surface, all fling their bundles into the water and rush to capture the fish.'
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 9.5 x 7 cm
note Fishing
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Lotha Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004476
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00G.0002

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