Mithan at Yungya (Image number A.9 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
Mithan at Yungya (Image number A.9 : J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Series Title:
J.P. Mills Photographic Collection
Added title page title:
Mithan at Yungya
Creator:
Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960 ( Photographer )
Hobson, Geraldine ( contributor )
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Measurements:
8x5.5cm in

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Abstract:
Two mithan tied to trees with ropes made of creeper. The mithan (Bos frontalis) is kept as a semi-domesticated animal by Nagas. It normally roams free in the jungle, being fed salt occasionally by its owner. It is sacrificed on ceremonial occasions such as Feasts of Merit. The British often exacted a fine of mithan for misdemeanours such as head-hunting. ( en )
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This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC)
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VIAF ID: 24750269 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
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Original caption: Mithan at Yungya
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Date of photograph: 1923 April 10
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Ethnologue reference for the Naga people is located at http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nbe
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VIAF ID: 24750269 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1968
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The Konyak tribe lived in the northern part of the Naga Hills. To the west the Konyaks bordered the Assam plains and the Ao Nagas; on the south-east were the Phoms, and on the east the Singphos of Burma. At the time of these photographs much of their country was unadministered and little known and some of the villages visited during this expedition had never before been seen by Europeans.
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Yungya is also known as Aopao or Ao Pao and resides in the Champang H.Q. of the Mon District, Nagaland, India.
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Reference: Hutton, J. H. (John Henry), 1885-1968. Tour Diary. April 1923. (Held in the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford).
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Reference: Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. Letters to Henry Balfour. (Held in the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford).
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The album in which this image was originally collected mainly contains photographs taken during a punitive expedition in April 1923 to the Konyak village of Yungya, certain inhabitants of which had carried out a head-hunting raid on Kamahu. J.P. Mills was Assistant Commissioner, Mokokchung at this time. He accompanied J.H. Hutton, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, who was his superior and therefore wrote the official Tour Diary for the expedition. The military escort of Gurkhas was commanded by Captain W.B.S. Shakespear.
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Originally collected in Album A of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, archives and special collections.)
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VIAF name authority for "Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960" is record number 24750269.
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B&W photographic print
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VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1923, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/A/09 ( calm reference )