IDNO

P.92726.HUT

Description

J.C. Higgins, Political Agent of Manipur State, stands in the doorway of an ornately-fronted house in Kambiron village. Three Naga? men stand to his right. [ME 28/11/2014]

Place

S Asia; India; Manipur; Tamenglong District; Kambiron [Assam]

Cultural Affliation

Naga; Zeliangrong

Named Person

John Comyn Higgins

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

?1931

Collection Name

Hutton Collection

Source

Hutton, John Henry

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The prints were found inside envelope now marked C140/19/1 from the envelope now marked C140/19/ from box now marked C140/.

Place: Kambiron is associated with the Naga prophet Haipou Jadonang and with Rani Gaidinliu. This photograph may have been taken around the occasion of Jadonang's arrest by J.C. Higgins, Political Agent of Manipur State, in February 1931. [M. Elliott 28/11/2014]

Related Image: This house also appears in P.92727.HUT, captioned ?Gaidinliu's village.