Stone fortification in Khonoma (Image number P.024, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
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Title:
Stone fortification in Khonoma (Image number P.024, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
Series Title:
Ancestral stones.
Creator:
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Hobson, Geraldine ( contributor )
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Materials:
B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm ( medium )

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Abstract:
Stone fortifications and look-out. J.H. Hutton's Tour Diary for October 1923 contains a detailed description of these forts, or dahu, which had been newly re-erected in Khonoma. They were probably the best examples of Naga stonework in the Naga Hills at that time, being of dry-stone construction, with sitting platforms on the top. Hutton warned the villagers, however, that the forts would be demolished if they were again used as bases for rebellion against the British. Memories were still green of the Angami rising of 1879, when a British column had been ambushed by warriors from Khonoma, killing many of them. The British garrison at Kohima was then besieged for thirteen days until relieved by a force from Manipur. ( en )
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Date of photograph: 1924 February
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Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson.
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This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC)
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This image is part of Album P. This album contains images taken in 1923-1924 of the Ao, Angami, Zemi, Eastern Rengma, Sema, Sangtam and Yimchungr tribes. It includes a series on the rituals following the taking of a head.
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Originally collected in Album P of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Tour Diaries.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Letters to Henry Balfour.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford)
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518)
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Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas : hill peoples of Northeast India : society, culture, and the colonial encounter. London : Thames and Hudson, 1990.
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Ethics of Headhunting. Published in: Discovery. [specific reference, unavailable]
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Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. Sanctuary of Savages. Published in: Geographical Magazine. [specific reference, unavailable]
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Whitehead, John, 1924- . Far frontiers : people and events in North-Eastern India, 1857-1947. Putney, London : BASCA, 1989. (ISBN: 0907799310)
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VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
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VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine
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Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/NJM

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
Image: © 1924, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 58/02/P/24 ( CALM Reference )