Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang

B&W photographic print. 'Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang, a village which had never before seen a European. Hanging from the head tree were five heads taken from Saochu, on a raid when slaves were also taken. Because of this, Mills confiscated the heads and they are now in the Pitt...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/Y/17 Open

Date(s) of creation: 22 November 1936
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004239
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/Y/17
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/Y/17
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/Y/17
prefix_number 17
title Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang
scb_date_creation 22 November 1936
scb_level Item
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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. 'Sepoys of the Assam Rifles occupying Yimpang, a village which had never before seen a European. Hanging from the head tree were five heads taken from Saochu, on a raid when slaves were also taken. Because of this, Mills confiscated the heads and they are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga Hills (India)
Naga (South Asian people)
Lhota Naga (Indic People)
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004239
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00Y.0017

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