The Nagas

naga objects C473.jpg naga objects C1289.jpg Cane shield. Angami. artefacts Angami 164cm Angami 3:172 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1910 1910.11-15.14 from Hardcastle, Lieut. J. descriptions derived ...
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naga objects C474.jpg naga objects C1290.jpg Shield covered with leopard skin. Cachar Hills. artefacts Cachar Hills 162cm 3:173 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1917 1917.12-11.1 from Wilde, Mrs. descri...
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naga objects C475.jpg naga objects C1291.jpg War shield of bamboo with dyed goat's hair covering. artefacts 152cm [not known] 3:174 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1954 1954.As7.34 from the Wellcome Co...
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naga objects C476.jpg Carved wooden lime box. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 7.5cm (dia.) Konyak 3:182 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1944.As3.18a,b descriptions derived from orig...
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naga objects C477.jpg Bamboo tinder or tobacco box. artefacts 14cm [not known] 3:183 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1893 93.6-12.2 from Bivar, C.S. descriptions derived from original source material u...
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naga objects C478.jpg Wooden lime containers for betel chewing. artefacts 12.5, 6.4cm [not known] 3:184 Foster/ Dr. J.M. gift Museum of Mankind, London 1872 8311 8310 descriptions derived from origina...
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naga objects C479.jpg Tobacco pipe. Patkoi mountains. artefacts Konyak Patkoi Range 8cm (h. of bowl) Konyak Patkoi Range 3:185 Foster/ Dr. J.M. gift Museum of Mankind, London 1872 B.b.3 descriptions d...
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naga objects C480.jpg Water pipe with bamboo stem and cane binding. Ao. artefacts Ao 28.8cm Ao 3:186 purchase Museum of Mankind, London 1929 1929.4-15.39 from Bryer, H.E. descriptions derived from ori...
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naga objects C481.jpg Tobacco pipe, with iron bowl and stem. Ao. artefacts Ao 26.2cm Ao 3:187 purchase Museum of Mankind, London 1929 1929.4-15.41 from Bryer, H.E. descriptions derived from original s...
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naga objects C482.jpg Tobacco pipe of carved wood, with rattan binding. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 26.5cm Konyak 3:188 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1874 Q72.As.2049 from Pridham, M. descriptions deriv...
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naga objects C483.jpg [Ear ornament] of short chain of nine plaited links with fibre tassels. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 31cm Konyak 3:189 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeolog...
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naga objects C484.jpg Pair of brass armlets, worn by men. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 9cm (dia.) Hansjorg Mayer: made in Burma or Tibet 3:190 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthro...
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naga objects C485.jpg Pair of brass armlets worn by men. Spikes are solid. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 7cm (dia.) 3:191 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947...
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naga objects C486.jpg Pair of brass armlets, worn by men. Made by joining three narrow concave sections together. Konyak or Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Konyak Kalyo-Kengyu 9cm (dia.) 3:193 Hutton/ J.H. gi...
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naga objects C487.jpg Two currency necklaces consisting of much-worn fossil shells and pieces of cane. Yachungr. artefacts Yachungr 40cm (circumf.) Yachungr 3:194 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum o...
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naga objects C488.jpg Child's brass armlet. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 8cm Konyak Wakching 3:196 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropol...
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naga objects C489.jpg Jew's harp in bamboo case. Konyak, Kongan village. artefacts Konyak Kongan Kongan 20cm Konyak 3:197 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropol...
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naga objects C490.jpg A pair of ornamented wristlets, of bark and dendrobium, decorated with diamond pattern. artefacts 9cm (dia.) [not known] 3:198 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S.H....
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naga objects C491.jpg Ornamental necklace of seeds of Abrus precatoria. ?Konyak. artefacts Konyak 78cm Konyak 3:199 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947 47.711 from D...
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naga objects C492.jpg Wooden beer mug. artefacts 13cm 3:200 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1949 49.318 descriptions derived from original source materia...
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naga objects C493.jpg Stone hammer in basketry haft, used by blacksmiths. artefacts 25cm 3:201 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1938 38.544 descriptions d...
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naga objects C494.jpg Hoe for weeding. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 35cm Konyak Wakching 3:202 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,...
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naga objects C495.jpg Tusk ear ornament. Angami. artefacts Angami 9cm Angami 3:203 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S.H. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1919...
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naga objects C496.jpg naga objects C497.jpg naga objects C1292.jpg naga objects C1293.jpg Wooden figure of woman with child on her back. Konyak, Punkhung village. artefacts Konyak Punkhung 42cm Konyak...
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naga objects C498.jpg naga objects C1294.jpg Model of carved morung post. Carved in wood by the Ang of Wakching. Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 48cm Konyak Wakching 3:206 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937...
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naga objects C499.jpg naga objects C1295.jpg "Carving of a sitting woman; was attached to morung post." Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 34cm Konyak Wakching 3:207 Furer-Haimendorf ...
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naga objects C500.jpg naga objects C1296.jpg Wooden figure of a man. Konyak, Punkhung village. artefacts Konyak Punkhung 49cm Konyak Punkhung 3:209 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of...
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naga objects C501.jpg Bamboo quiver containing iron tipped poisoned arrows. A spare bow string in quiver and other spare strings contained in wicker case fastened to quiver. Also a well-plaited fibre ...
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naga objects C502.jpg Trap for birds. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 88cm Konyak Wakching 3:212 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ...
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naga objects C503.jpg Boy's dancing bag. Made of black dog's skin (met-shon-to) with tassels of dried split palm leaves. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 19 x 19cm Konyak Wakching 3...
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naga objects C504.jpg Dao, old pattern with red and black goat hair tufts on handle. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 71cm Konyak 3:214 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947 4...
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naga objects C505.jpg Shouldered hoe, with short handle and semi-circular blade. Yimsungr, Sangpurr village. artefacts Yimsungr Sangpurr 55cm Yimsungr Sangpurr 3:215 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift Un...
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naga objects C506.jpg Carrying basket used by children and commoners of plain cane. Konyak, Shiong village. artefacts Konyak Shiong 30cm Konyak Shiong 3:216 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University ...
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naga objects C507.jpg Two men's belts of dyed cane and seeds on cane foundation. In five sections; top and bottom, seeds; middle sections red, yellow and black [with open diamond pattern]. Konyak. art...
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naga objects C508.jpg Woman's cane belt, made of 12 individual strips bound with black and yellow cane, joined together at intervals. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 29cm (max. dia.) Konyak 3:218 gift Univer...
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naga objects C509.jpg Man's ornamental apron of cowrie shells sewn on cloth, with a brass disc hanging on a toggle in front. Includes some red flannel ornament, showing it to be modern. Sema. artefact...
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naga objects C510.jpg Twilled cane helmet with red dyed dog hair comb. Over the helmet are two long strips of plaited basketry to which are attached boar's tusks, parts of two boar's jaws, part of a t...
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naga objects C511.jpg Drinking horn, made from a gaur horn. Chang. artefacts Chang 34cm Chang 3:221 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1950 50.678a descript...
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naga objects C512.jpg Basket-work vessel with spout, made waterproof with sap of a rubber tree and used for pouring out rice beer. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 29cm (dia.) Konya...
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naga objects C513.jpg Boy's shield made of bamboo, used in dances. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 69 x 33cm Konyak Wakching 3:224 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum...
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naga objects C514.jpg naga objects C515.jpg Woman's sun and rain hat. Strips of flat pandanus leaf covered with cane lattice and canework outside. Konyak, Shiong village. artefacts Konyak Shiong 79cm ...
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naga objects C516.jpg Shield made of hide, with two shredded fibre tassels. On reverse, bamboo handle and carrying loop. Konyak [Chang or Sangtam also possible]. artefacts Konyak Chang Sangtam 79 x 38...
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naga objects C517.jpg Fish trap (shim), made of bamboo and rattan. Konyak, Longkhai village. artefacts Konyak Longkhai 66cm Konyak Longkhai 3:228 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of A...
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naga objects C518.jpg Woven cane basket. [Reinforcing bamboo splint; twilled technique.] artefacts 29 (h.) x 36 (depth)cm [not known] 3:229 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Camb...
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naga objects C519.jpg Basket, woven bamboo, with cotton carrying handle and tassels. artefacts 28 (dia.) x 11 (depth)cm [not known] 3:230 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambri...
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naga objects C520.jpg War helmet of plaited rattan cane with strips of bear hide and chin strap. Konyak. [Subsequent label states: 'Kalyo Kengyu', but no evidence and not signed. Fur is now skin only....
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naga objects C521.jpg Pump drill artefacts 65.5cm Lhota 3:232 Balfour 1922 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1929.9.3 descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or othe...
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naga objects C522.jpg Bamboo cup with constricted waist and with burnt decoration (beginner's work). A mithan is portrayed with feet on a vertical line. artefacts 37cm Chang 3:234 Mills/ J.P. 1921 gif...
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naga objects C523.jpg Bundle of thin wooden models of iron chabili, the old iron currency used by Aos and Sangtams. These models are put on the roof-trees to symbolize wealth. Chongtore village, North...
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naga objects C524.jpg Iron currency unit in the form of a short tanged conventionalised 2-edged dao, bifurcated at the top into two outmoving branches with rounded ends; obsolete and valued as propert...
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naga objects C525.jpg Plane-convex disc of brass used as currency. This is a small unit: half the value of the usual laya currency disc, and is extremely rare. Chang, Tuensang village. artefacts Chang...
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naga objects C526.jpg Hair ornament of a man who has taken a head; made of a narrow oblong plate of wood expanding slightly towards one end which is decorated with a tuft of red-barred yellow hair. Th...
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naga objects C527.jpg Large hair-pin of red wood with rounded end, carved at the top with 3 heads under a mushroom-shaped hat. Worn by a man who has taken a head, through the 'hair bun' at the back of...
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naga objects C528.jpg Man's bone hair-pin, worn in pairs, with blackened incised ornament. Kamlung (Konyak). artefacts Kamlung (Konyak) 30cm 4:1 Peal/ S.E. purchase Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1897.67....
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naga objects C529.jpg Man's hair ornament of mithan bone decorated with representation of a tiger, and tuft of hair. Shakji village, Chaokik Naga. artefacts Chaokik Shakchi (Shakji) 27cm Chaokik 4:3 M...
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naga objects C530.jpg naga objects C531.jpg Bamboo drinking vessel with poker-work designs (human form, daos, and conventional patterns) obtained from a man from Tuensang. Lat. 26,16; 94,48. ?Chang, L...
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naga objects C532.jpg Wooden last for making cane "gaiters". The last was made by Srisalhu of Khonoma. The unfinished gaiter was being made by Visar of Khonoma and Lwikholo of Muzuma. artefacts Srisal...
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naga objects C533.jpg Bird limed perch with bait-spine. Plains Kabui Naga, Lakhipur village. artefacts Kabui Lakhipur 72cm Kabui 4:7 Mills/ J.P. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1927 1928.69.1035 descr...
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naga objects C534.jpg naga objects C535.jpg Woman's ornament for wrist and forearm (gauntlet) made of a length of bamboo tubing plated with transversely-set penanular [?] strips of brass with vertical...
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naga objects C536.jpg Brush of pig's bristles in a bamboo handle for cleaning gauntlets. Lhota. Rephyim village artefacts Lhota Rephyim 19.5cm 4:11 Mills/ J.P. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1920 192...
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naga objects C537.jpg Man's comb, composite, of bamboo splints bound together with cane strips. Kacha Naga, Injaona village. artefacts Kacha Injaona 14cm Kacha Injaona 4:12 Mills/ J.P. 29.2.1924 gift ...
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naga objects C538.jpg Man's double comb, ahipu, with 25 cane prongs passing through a short length of brown cane at one end of its, and bound with string. Naked Rengma, Meluri village. artefacts Rengm...
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naga objects C539.jpg Young man's set of wristlets, worn only during a year when the village has taken a head (they are discarded at the New Year till another head is taken). They are attached to a tr...
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naga objects C540.jpg naga objects C541.jpg Wooden model of a Chang woman made by Kaolom of Hukpong, showing waistcloth and long necklace of blue glass beads. Model has human hair [and brass teeth and...
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naga objects C542.jpg naga objects C543.jpg Wooden model of a Sema warrior, made by an Angami, the equipment made and put on by a Sema. Costume comprises shoulder sash amlakha, lengta ornamented with ...
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naga objects C544.jpg naga objects C545.jpg Wooden model of a Chang warrior, made by Kaolom of Hukpong and named by him Yangkai of Niengching village, a noted warrior whose head he had taken (now in t...
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naga objects C546.jpg Large decorated ceremonial shield, of cane, covered with leopard skin; wooden horns. Angami. artefacts Angami 156cm (excluding horns) Angami 4:26 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt Rivers Mu...
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naga objects C548.jpg naga objects C548.jpg Ceremonial shield of cane, black-barred wooden horns. Plume of stick with red hair. Black designs. Angami. artefacts Angami 203cm (including plume) Angami 4...
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naga objects C549.jpg Veteran's large ceremonial shield of leaf basketry, framed with bearskin, space within being covered with tufts of red dyed goat's hair. Five flat human heads of bearskin with co...
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naga objects C550.jpg naga objects C551.jpg Hide shield probably of Phom origin, decorated with a white pattern representing eyes by the owner. Two plumes of red and white hair; double curve and axial...
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naga objects C552.jpg Complete horizontal loom with cotton-cloth partly made. Ao. artefacts Ao 110cm (length) Ao 4:38 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 5.1914 1923.89.63 descriptions derive...
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naga objects C553.jpg Defensive belt worn around waist with broader part at back. artefacts dia. 20cm 4:86 Woodthorpe/ Col. R.G. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1909 descriptions derived from original...
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naga objects C554.jpg corselet of palm-spathe plated with brass attached round the waist expanding into a wide plate with truncated points edged with cowries at top and bottom. Between them the metal ...
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naga objects C555.jpg Broad belt or cuirass, apoka, of buffalo hide with cane-work loops for the web lacing cord. A similar loop at the back for a cord over the shoulders. Sema, Kukishe village. artef...
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naga objects C556.jpg Peg-top with cord, used in top-fighting game: spun on its head when attacked and on the toe when attacking. Top-spinning takes place when preparing for sowing. Chang. artefacts C...
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naga objects C557.jpg Knife with dao-shaped blade, the haft bent over a conical wooden handle. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 36cm Konyak 4:100 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1919 1923.84.582 ...
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naga objects C558.jpg Reaping knife with serrated edge. Ao. artefacts Ao 34.5cm Ao 4:101 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1917 1923.84.290 descriptions derived from original source materia...
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naga objects C559.jpg Knife with curved blade and curled tip. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 25.5cm Konyak 4:102 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1919 1923.84.583 descriptions derived from origi...
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naga objects C560.jpg Puzzle, khamedu, consisting of a length of small bamboo with a rectangular hole in the centre through which a string is looped in the middle, with a short bamboo bead on each sid...
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naga objects C561.jpg Guard to protect a sore on the shin: made of a shallow section cut from the nodal end of a large tube of bamboo; twisted fibre-cord passing through 2 pairs of holes transversely....
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naga objects C562.jpg Thorns to clean the wound after castrating a pig. Rengma. artefacts Rengma 6cm Rengma 4:105 Mills/ J.P. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 6.1929 1928.69.1186 descriptions derived f...
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naga objects C563.jpg museum label describing painted cloth bands artefacts gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise st...
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naga objects C564.jpg Cloth with white band with design in black wax: worn by a man who has taken heads and done mithan sacrifices. artefacts 150cm; width of design 8cm 4:108 Mills/ J.P. gift Pitt Riv...
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naga objects C565.jpg naga objects C566.jpg Large cloth with anthropomorphic designs forming a wide band of decoration. They are painted in black on white canvas-like cloth edge with a narrow band of ...
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naga objects C567.jpg Wooden "spoon" with flat "bowl" for eating fermented rice from modhu, with slits to drain off the liquor. Sema, Kichilimi village. artefacts Sema Kichilimi 40.6cm Sema Kichilimi ...
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naga objects C568.jpg Bamboo knife for peeling taro with point for piercing them for stringing. Konyak, Chi village. artefacts Konyak Chi 31.7cm Konyak Chi 4:121 Mills/ J.P. 22.10.1923 gift Pitt River...
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naga objects C569.jpg Spoor-maker made of a split length of bamboo with pig's trotters on the split ends. Used for making "deer spoor": made by one boy for another to follow up. S. Sangtam, Akhegwo (P...
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naga objects C570.jpg Small fork with 3 prongs, made of sharpened slips of bamboo bound with cane; for removing stupified hornets from the comb. W. Angami, Sachema village. artefacts Sangtam <Southern...
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naga objects C571.jpg Circular cake of salt, as obtained by Semas from the S. Sangtam and traded by them. Obtained in Ungma (Ao). artefacts Sangtam <Southern Sema Ao Ungma dia. 17.5cm Sangtam (Souther...
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naga objects C572.jpg Hook for extracting meat from a cooking pot with ?palm branch wood handle, the hook of iron with 2 curved prongs socketed on. The owner saw a similar hook in a Thado Kuki house a...
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naga objects C573.jpg Ginger scraper, made from a branching piece of cane. Smooth portion is held towards ground. Chongtore village. artefacts Chongtore 44.5cm Chongtore 4:127 Mills/ J.P. gift Pitt Ri...
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naga objects C574.jpg Imitation tail worn by a boy in play. The panji basket is represented by a serow horn, the fringe by pendant pieces of reed and the baldrick by a belt of painted bark. Naked Reng...
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naga objects C575.jpg Cloth for carrying a child, white with slight pattern of red, yellow and black. Lhota, Pyangsu village. artefacts Lhota Pyangsa (Pyangsu) 148 x 21cm Lhota Pyangsa (Pyangsu) 4:129...
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naga objects C576.jpg Pair of wooden vessels, made as a feat of craftsmanship rather than for practical use. Western Angami, Merema village. artefacts Angami <Western Merema 13cm (h), 33cm (l) Angami ...
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naga objects C577.jpg Brown wooden vessel for 'snacks' with sub-oval transverse bowl, a long straight handle curving off downwards into a ring at the end. It stand on 4 short out-curved legs. The whol...
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naga objects C578.jpg Wooden four-footed bowl carved from the solid, stained black outside, with a plaited cane band (?for attachment of handles). Tip of a foot missing. ?Kacha. artefacts ?Kacha 13cm ...
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naga objects C579.jpg Zu cup of purple-stained bamboo with a small plaited cane handle on one side. A crack is rivetted with cane. Angami. artefacts Angami 18cm (h) Angami 4:135 Hutton/ J.H. gift Pitt...
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naga objects C580.jpg Small conical fish-trap lined with thorny calamus midribs: the first example of this type of fish-trap recorded from the Naga Hills. It is baited with fresh-water crab. Liye Lhot...
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naga objects C581.jpg Fish-trap or creel, mothen. Lhota, Japiri village. artefacts Lhota Japiri 16cm (l), 18cm (w) Lhota Japiri 4:137 Mills/ J.P. 1920 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928.69.32 descri...
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naga objects C582.jpg Receptacles of spathe and twilled basketry, with gourd stopper, for holding white ants or termites, which are required alive for fish-bait. Ao, Chungta village. artefacts Ao Chun...
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