The crowd at the Mela, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the crowd beside the Ganges. Subjects = Kumbh Mela; melas; religion; religion (Hinduism); religious festivals (Hindu) Location = Allahabad; India; Uttar Pradesh
Chins who have enlisted in the Burma Rifles. Newly arrived recruits: one of them looks very determined! Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait of two Chin recruits. Subjects = Burma Rifles; Chins (ehtnic group); ethnic groups; military (general)
From North-west Burma into India. Scenes along a route from North West Burma into Assam: A Naga village also in the Putkai Range. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of houses from roadside, with Naga children in the foreground. Subjects = ethnic groups; Nagas (ethnic groups); villages
From North-west Burma into India. Scenes along a route from North West Burma into Assam: A Naga house in the Putkai Range. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of a Naga house, with a young boy standing in the foreground. Subjects = ethnic groups; Nagas (ethnic groups); villages
From North-west Burma into India. Scenes along a route from North West Burma into Assam: Naga headhunters from the Pangsao Pass, armed with spears and dahs. Photographer: Unknown
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Two young Naga men on a jungle track. The typescript caption label on the reverse reads: 'There are no roads and the jungle covered mountains rise to a height of 12,000 feet and have to be crossed by tracks and game trails, only possible in the dry season. This is the only possible route into No...