The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami armlets of elephant tusk notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Armlets made of single slices of elephants' tusks, 2 inches wide, and small...
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  2. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami cane leggings notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Leggings are made of red and yellow cane work, and follow somewhat the shape of the le...
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  3. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami women: physique and dress notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women, like the men, are on the average taller than the women of most ...
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  4. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami women's dress; women's work notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a small blue or black petticoat, a strip o...
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  5. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    food: cows, pigs. goats, fowls; roast dog notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas generally breed cows, pigs, goats, and fowls, for purpo...
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  6. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami villages; fortifications: pit-falls, panjis, gates notes Angami Kohima (Kohimah) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angami villages are almost a...
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  7. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    roads notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The roads in the higher hills are constructed with considerable skill, the more precipitous slopes be...
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  8. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    graves; wooden effigies; conch-shell neck ornaments notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Inside the villages, and also lining the approaches to ...
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  9. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    monoliths notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Very noticeable objects among these hills are the long rows of huge monoliths, which are either m...
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  10. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Eastern Angamis: physique and dress notes Angami <Eastern Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These remarks on the Western Angamis apply to their brethren o...
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  11. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses and house decoration; daos notes Angami <Eastern Razama (Razami) Thetcholumi Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses of these people are rathe...
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  12. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    language; enemy heads notes Angami <Eastern Sehmah Ungomah Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 At one village called Ungomah we came across some men who, th...
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  13. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    general observations on the Angamis; song and dance notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis struck us as a very cheerful, frank, hospit...
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  14. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami blood feuds notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Bloodthirsty, treacherous, and revengeful all Nagas, even the best are, and the Angami, ...
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  15. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    village government; headmen notes Butler Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis, as indeed the Nagas in general, have no settled form of gov...
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  16. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    thoughts on an after-life notes Holcombe/ Lt. Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas in general have very vague ideas of religion or of a futu...
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  17. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    belief in spirits notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Whatever may be their belief in a god or a future state, it is certain that they believe in an i...
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  18. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    attempts to mislead British notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas would frequently try to mislead us as to our road, by planting small ...
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  19. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    oracles notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 I remember once, just after Captain Butler's death, when we were again advancing into the hills, coming ac...
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  20. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    protecting a village by sacrificing a puppy; omens; ceremony notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 On another occasion we had gone about three miles fro...
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  21. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    taboos notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the Angamis a description of "Tabu" is very much in vogue. It is declared on every occasion; on the b...
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  22. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    conveying hostile messages notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Captain Butler mentions the following instances of their expressive manner of em...
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  23. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 DISCUSSION Next Previous
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  24. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    comments by Col. H. Godwin-Austen; burial customs notes Godwin-Austen/ Col. H. Buckland/ Miss Asalu Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel H. Godwin-Au...
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  25. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    comments by Mr Keane; physique and language notes Keane/ Mr Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mr Keane regarded Col. Woodthorpe's able and richly illustra...
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  26. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    reply - hair and feathers notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel Woodthorpe, replying to Mr Keane, said that the hair of the Angamis is generally...
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  27. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (63) PART II Next Previous
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  28. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    un-kilted Nagas notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In my last paper I dealt only with the Angamis, or kilted Nagas, who, as I then stated, are distin...
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  29. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    unflattering description of Rengmahs, Sehmahs and Lhotas; goitres; hair-style notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The tribes comm...
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  30. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    dirt; pipes notes Brown/ Dr Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Notwithstanding all my previous experience of hill-men, I was quite unp...
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  31. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Rengmah 'tails'; dress notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Rengmahs are particularly noticeable for the peculiar tail which t...
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  32. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    shields; belief that moisture could repel bullets; weapons: bows and arrows notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the other t...
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  33. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    bachelor's houses (morung) notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A peculiarity among all these non-kilted tribes, which again disti...
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  34. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    house styles; fortifications; head-tree notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A practice common to all, though, as we have seen, no...
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  35. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    cultivation - "jooming" notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A few words concerning the manner of cultivating will suffice for all...
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  36. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    language; physique; dress; weapons notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (67) Passing along the hills in a north-easterly ...
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  37. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's dress; ear decorations; tattoos; smoking notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a sma...
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  38. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    village fortifications; gates; lookouts; morung; carvings; log-drum; posts notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The villa...
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  39. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of the dead; violent deaths notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Mongsenyimti (Boralangi) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The bodies of the dea...
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  40. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    roads notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Hatigorias, as road engineers, far surpass their neighbours. Their roads a...
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  41. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    tattoos; physique notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We pass on now to the tribes lying to the north-east of these we have just been cons...
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  42. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    villages; morungs; carvings; skulls decorated with horns notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A general description of the villages, &amp;c...
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  43. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses in these villages are similar to those already described being raised from the groun...
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  44. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    widows; 'groom service' notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 When and old woman is left a widow and without a home, her son (or nearest rel...
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  45. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    skulls; Y posts notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In some villages the skull trophies are not placed in the morang, but are placed in fr...
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  46. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of corpses notes Naked Nagas Wanching (Tablung) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dead are sometimes as at Tablung, &amp;c., wrapped tightly...
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  47. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    tattoos notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men of this tribe tattoo on the chest after taking their first head. The pattern consists ...
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  48. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Naga tribe near Yangmun river notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In the valley of the Yangmun river is an interesting tribe o...
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  49. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    lack of tattooing; women's hair-style; women's dress; house decoration notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 There is very littl...
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  50. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    granaries; 'rainbow' memorials notes Hutton Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 They build a large number of granaries in their fiel...
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  51. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    stone viaduct; weapons: daos, bows notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In one village here we saw a very fine stone viaduct ac...
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  52. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    murder of Lt. Holcombe, 1875 notes Holcombe/ Lt. Badgley/ Capt. Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We now come to the ...
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  53. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    physique; tattooing notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men are of average height and nearly all well made an...
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  54. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    hair-style notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 All the men of these tribes dress their hair in a similar fashion,...
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  55. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    helmets notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 As we proceed eastwards from the Angamis we find a taste for helmets ...
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  56. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    cane armlets; broad brass belts; cowrie bracelets notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 From the shoulders to the e...
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  57. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ornaments; men naked until married notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Voka Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These Nagas are very skilful in devis...
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  58. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's physique; tattoos notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women of these Eastern tribes are short in stat...
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  59. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    dangers of tattooing notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The operation of tattooing is sometimes attended with fa...
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  60. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's dress notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dress of the women consists principally of a very small pet...
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  61. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    weapons: daos, spears notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The arms are, as usual, the dao, spear and crossbow. Th...
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  62. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    gongs and bells; walking sticks notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (79) Gongs, which probably come indirectly fr...
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  63. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    fortifications notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Borbanchang (Bor Bansang) Senua Niao Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The villages are not alwa...
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  64. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses are generally scattered up and down without any attempt at ...
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  65. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Vangam's or headman's house; log-drum; morungs; skulls notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Mutan (Bor Mutan) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The ...
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  66. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    methods of making peace notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Niao Senua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Between two villages we saw by the roadsid...
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  67. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of the dead; cairns notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dead are wrapped in mats and placed on plat...
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  68. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    life of a surveyor in the Naga Hills notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In my paper on the Angamis I have said all that we know, or that I, at any ra...
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  69. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Discussion Next Previous
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  70. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Col. H. Godwin-Austen's comments on the variety of languages; the prevalence of goitres; symbolic patterns on cloths and shields; treatment of the dead notes Godwin-Austen/ Col. H. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 18...
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  71. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Mr Hyde Clarke's comments on the diversity of languages notes Hyde Clarke/ Mr Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mr Hyde Clarke, in responding to Col. Godw...
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  72. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    terraced fields; salt wells notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel Woodthorpe, replying to the President and Colonel Keating, said that th...
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  73. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Summary of postal charges to individuals and to the service tours Ogle Tulloch/ Col Hinde Wokha Lakhuti Pangti 22.12.1875-8.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Wokha D...
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  74. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Anxiously awaiting outcome of a severe wound inflicted on Capt Butler in an attack tours Elliott Butler/ Capt Butler/ Walter Tulloch/ Col Lungkam (Nankam) Are Pangti 1.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-187...
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  75. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Camp halted still awaiting Butler's fate tours Butler/ Capt Butler/ Walter Pangti 2.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (2) Sunday 2nd. (Min. ther. 51o max. 79o) Butle...
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  76. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Sketching locality whilst waiting with Butler tours Butler/ Capt Butler/ Walter Pangti 3.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Monday 3rd. (Max. ther 75o min. 41o) Butle...
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  77. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Punitive fires lighted in Pangti tours Elliott Butler/ Capt Pangti Okotso 4.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Tuesday 4th. (Max. ther. 80o min. 38o) Went up hill wit...
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  78. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Attending to Butler; sketching locality tours Butler/ Capt Pangti 5.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Wednesday 5th. Washed Butler. A large quantity of matter came o...
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  79. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Punitive measures taken against Pangti tours Tulloch/ Col Elliott Butler/ Capt Pangti 6.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Thursday 6th. Went up early with Col. Tullo...
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  80. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Death of Captain Butler tours Butler/ Capt Elliott Butler/ Walter Memaram Pusiniu Ogle Pangti Lakhuti Yimpang Buragaon (Buragaon) 7.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford...
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  81. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Break-up of camp and march to Golaghat tours Tulloch/ Col Elliott Stephenson Butler/ Walter Yimpang Buragaon (Buragaon) Giladhari Oating Golaghat 8.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum...
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  82. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Funeral of Captain Butler tours Butler/ Capt Butler/ Walter Huttman Tulloch/ Col Matthews Stevenson Wallace Elliott Mackay Allen Peet Gray Clarke La Touche Golaghat 9.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876...
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  83. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Visit to bazaar and to Gatonga tours La Touche Golaghat Gatonga 10.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Monday 10th. Went to bazaar in morning. Wrote letters and went o...
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  84. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Rifle practice tours Gatonga 11.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (4) Sunday 11th. Remained at Gatonga. Wrote letters. Rifle practice in evening. Next Previous
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  85. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Return to Golaghat tours Tulloch/ Col Ogle Thuillier/ Col Butler/ Capt Stevenson Matthews Golaghat 12.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Wednesday 12th. Returned to G...
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  86. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Preparations to leave Golaghat tours Butler/ Walter Needham Golaghat 13.1.1876-14.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Thursday 13th. Went out early to Walter Butler's....
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  87. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Commencement of tour tours Needham Ogle Tulloch/ Col Baru jam Bhandari Golaghat Bhagti R. (Bagti R.) Diyung R. (Doiang R.) 15.1.1876-17.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Ox...
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  88. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Naga method of diving; concerning omens tours Soleji Diyung R. (Doiang R.) Khergaon Rephyim (Rechim) Wokha Yekhum (Yekam) 18.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Tuesda...
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  89. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Nagas abandon ambush because of bad omens; punitive burning of Rechim tours Yekhum (Yekam) Diyung R. (Doiang R.) Rephyim (Rechim) 19.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxfor...
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  90. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Punitive burning of Changse villages tours Hinde Keatinge/ Col Changsu (Changse) 20.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Thursday 20th. Marched to the two villages of C...
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  91. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Routine day in camp tours Tulloch/ Col Ogle Hinde Wokha 21.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Friday 21st. (Fine but hazy. Min. 51o. Height 3780, Height peak 4000?) C...
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  92. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Exploration of the vicinity tours Tulloch/ Col Tsingaki (Chingagi) 22.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Saturday 22nd. (Fine but clouded up for rain later. Max. 83o ...
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  93. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Reconnoitring and punitive burning of granaries; bureaucratic correspondence tours Ogle Hinde Tulloch/ Col Thuillier/ Fred Keatinge/ Col Badgley Rephyim (Rechim) Changse Yantamo 23.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ ...
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  94. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Submission and peace offerings of some Naga villages tours Yekhum (Yekam) Wokha Little Changse Diyung R. (Doiang R.) Are Pangti 24.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford ...
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  95. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Friendly reception at Nankam; survey work; fire balloon and fireworks tours Hinde Ogle Are Lungkam (Nankam) 25.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Tuesday 25th. (As be...
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  96. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Description of morungs and inhabitants of Ungma tours Hinde Ogle Tulloch/ Col Gazeram Lhota Assiringia Aliba (Alibar) Ungma Lungkam (Nankam) 26.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Arc...
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  97. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Surveying work through villages to Juju; description of local woven cloth tours Guzeram Memaram Ungma Mokokchung Chuchu Yimbang (Juju) Borudubia Khensa (Khenza) 27.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pi...
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  98. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Difficulties in surveying work; size of villages; cloth tours Tulloch/ Col Dupdoria Kotoki Sangratsu (Solachu) Mubongchukit (Molotombia) Lungkam (Nankam) Chuchu Yimlang (Susu) Molungyimchen (Deka Haim...
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  99. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Description of Boralangi: an interested old gaonbura and friendly inhabitants tours Pusiniu Dupdoria Angami Khasia Sangratsu (Solachu) Mongsenyimti (Boralangi) Lungkam (Nankam) Pangti 29.1.1876 Woodth...
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  100. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Surveying work delayed by fog; sketching; firewood for the dead tours Ogle Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) 30.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (12) Sunday 30th (Cloudy...
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