Harvesting : three men carrying baskets

B&W photographic print. 'The rice is reaped by the women, girls and elderly men, and taken in big baskets by the strong young men to the threshing floor. The threshed rice is then carried in 80 lb loads, as shown here, up to the granary.'


Date(s) of creation: 1919-1920
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004546
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'The rice is reaped by the women, girls and elderly men, and taken in big baskets by the strong young men to the threshing floor. The threshed rice is then carried in 80 lb loads, as shown here, up to the granary.'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Porters
Baskets
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by J.P. Mills
Language: No linguistic content
Scripts: Unwritten
Physical description: 9.5 x 7 cm
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive