Yangam coolies at Mongnyu

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B&W photographic print. 'Yangam is a Phom and Konyak village. Mongnyu had never before been visited by Europeans (see also PP MS 58 image number A.010).'

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Ethnic group: Naga

Ethnic group: Phom 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

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13 x 7.5 cm

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Naga (South Asian people)

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Papers of James Philip MillsPP MS 58

PapersPP MS 58/01

Photograph AlbumsPP MS 58/02

'Album A' containing photographs of a punitive expedition to the Konyak Naga village of YungyaPP MS 58/02/A

Album BPP MS 58/02/B

KaolumPP MS 58/02/B/01

Chingmak of ChingmeiPP MS 58/02/B/02

Doyang RiverPP MS 58/02/B/03

Mrs Hutton with her babyPP MS 58/02/B/04

Morung at YachamPP MS 58/02/B/05

Double "opya" at MorakchoPP MS 58/02/B/06

Column approaching TangsaPP MS 58/02/B/07

Captain W.B. Shakespear laying out campPP MS 58/02/B/08

Yangam coolies at MongnyuPP MS 58/02/B/09

Yangam coolies at MongnyuPP MS 58/02/B/10

Loads at MongnyuPP MS 58/02/B/11

Yunghong coolies refusing to go onPP MS 58/02/B/12

Yunghong houses with posts carved in high reliefPP MS 58/02/B/13

View of ChinlongPP MS 58/02/B/14

Stone causeway at LongmienPP MS 58/02/B/15

The Ang of Longmien sitting on his ceremonial stone seatPP MS 58/02/B/16

Villagers and members of the Gurkha escort at AngpangPP MS 58/02/B/17

Cemetary for the skulls of deceased men at AngpangPP MS 58/02/B/18

Wooden grave effigy at ChohaPP MS 58/02/B/19

Three grave effigies from Ukha and ChohaPP MS 58/02/B/20

Three Konyak men from Longmien wearing their customary tight cane beltsPP MS 58/02/B/21

Two posts carved as stylised human figures in LongmeinPP MS 58/02/B/22

Woman with partly shaved headPP MS 58/02/B/23

Skull urns at YunghongPP MS 58/02/B/24

Building a camp at LongmienPP MS 58/02/B/25

Two Konyak boys in HungphoiPP MS 58/02/B/26

Carved wooden effigiesat AngpangPP MS 58/02/B/27

Skull with tattoo painted on itPP MS 58/02/B/28

Skull with tattoo painted on itPP MS 58/02/B/29

Morung with Tobu heads at HakchangPP MS 58/02/B/30

The great Ang of Mon standing near a monolithPP MS 58/02/B/31

Two Konyak youths, both carrying daos at their backsPP MS 58/02/B/32

Unidentified portrait of a youthPP MS 58/02/B/33

Ang of TangPP MS 58/02/B/34

Carving of a hornbill carrying two human heads on its backPP MS 58/02/B/35

Stylised carving of an elephant's head with two stylised hornbilPP MS 58/02/B/36

Three Konyak menPP MS 58/02/B/37

Man weaving a matPP MS 58/02/B/38

Houses of Mokokchung with their sitting-out platforms perched high above the village streetPP MS 58/02/B/39

Houses of Mokokchung with their sitting-out platforms perched high above the village streetPP MS 58/02/B/40

Mokokchung family stands on the platform of their housePP MS 58/02/B/41

Album CPP MS 58/02/C

Album DPP MS 58/02/D

Album EPP MS 58/02/E

Album FPP MS 58/02/F

Album GPP MS 58/02/G

Album HPP MS 58/02/H

Album JPP MS 58/02/J

Album KPP MS 58/02/K

Album LPP MS 58/02/L

Album MPP MS 58/02/M

Album NPP MS 58/02/N

Album OPP MS 58/02/O

Album PPP MS 58/02/P

Album QPP MS 58/02/Q

Album RPP MS 58/02/R

Album SPP MS 58/02/S

Album TPP MS 58/02/T

Album UPP MS 58/02/U

Album VPP MS 58/02/V

Album WPP MS 58/02/W

Album XPP MS 58/02/X

Album YPP MS 58/02/Y