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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972 Language Not applicable Place Assam, India, Asia

1. Photo 972, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(27)
Title:
Khanti. Wild frontier tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders quarter-profile portrait. Oval image. The letterpress quotes from the anonymous Sketch of Assam (1846): 'In stature the Khamtis are middle-sized, in countenance resembling the Chinese more than any other tribe on the [Assam-Burma] frontier, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 972, 1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(28)
Title:
Mishmi. Hill Tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile porfile of a Mishmi woman smoking a pipe. Subjects = ethnic groups; Mishmis; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 972, 1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(29)
Title:
Singpho. Warlike frontier tribe (Laos). Southern frontier of Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Singphos; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 972, 1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(30)
Title:
Meeree. Hill tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait of a Miri man. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Miris; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 972, 1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(31)
Title:
Kanyang. Hill tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kanyangs; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 972, 1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(32)
Title:
Moamuria or Muttuck. Hill tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait of a Muttuck woman. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Muttucks; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 972, 1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(33)
Title:
Sonai. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait of a Sonai man. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Sonais; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 972, 1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(34)
Title:
Dooaneeah. Mixed race. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait of a Dooaneah man holding a spear. Oval image. 'The Dooaneahs are descendants of Burmese or Singpho fathers, from Assamese women captured in predatory irruptions and kept as slaves. Assamese males, carried off into slave...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 972, 1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(35)
Title:
Kachari. Of Tibetan origin. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Kachari man. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kacharis (ethnic groups); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 972, 1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(36)
Title:
Rengma Naga. Marauding hill tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length half profile portrait of a Rangma Naga man, holding a spear. Oval image. 'Naga is the generic term given (with various distinctive prefixes) to a series of wild tribes inahbiting a comparatively unexplored tract on the south-eastern borders of Upper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

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