The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C141.jpg [Baldric of cotton, with dyed fringe of hair and raised woven decoration.] artefacts 228 x 12cm 1:235 Cantlie/ Sir Keith 1919-1920 private collection descriptions derived from or...
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  2. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C142.jpg [Baldric of cotton, with dyed hair fringe and button decoration.] artefacts 208 x 15cm 1:236 Cantlie/ Sir Keith 1919-1920 private collection descriptions derived from original so...
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  3. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C143.jpg [Length of cotton cloth with tassels, embroidery and bead decoration.] artefacts 105 x 15cm; tassels 30cm 1:237 Cantlie/ Sir Keith 1919-1920 private collection descriptions deriv...
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  4. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C144.jpg [Baldric of cotton with hair tassels and orchid leaf.] artefacts 145 x 7cm; fringe 17cm 1:238 Cantlie/ Sir Keith 1919-1920 private collection descriptions derived from original s...
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  5. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C145.jpg [Strip of woven cotton cloth with raised woven design and dyed hair fringes. Angami or Mao. Single piece of cloth] artefacts 130 x 13cm Angami Mao 1:240 Cantlie/ Sir Keith 1919-1...
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  6. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C146.jpg [Two Konyak daos, iron with dyed hair decoration on handles.] artefacts Konyak 2:1 Macfarlane/ Alan private collection descriptions derived from original source material unless i...
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  7. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C147.jpg [Carved wooden figure.] artefacts 2:2 Macfarlane/ Alan private collection descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise stated
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  8. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C148.jpg naga objects C149.jpg [Carved wooden seated figure with headdress. Konyak.] artefacts Konyak 2:3-4 Macfarlane/ Alan private collection descriptions derived from original source m...
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  9. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C150.jpg [Brass trophy head worn around neck by successful head-takers. artefacts 2:5 Macfarlane/ Alan private collection descriptions derived from original source material unless in squa...
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  10. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C151.jpg [Necklace of beads. Zemi.] artefacts Zemi Zemi 2:6 Graham Bower/ Ursula private collection Graham Bower, Naga Path, p.122 descriptions derived from original source material unles...
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  11. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C152.jpg Helmet-shaped man's hat of brown cane-work, with a band of finer woven cane around it stained red with yellow spots and yellow cane strands stitched across. From mid-front and mi...
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  12. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C153.jpg War helmet made of plaited rattan cane, with strip of bear's fur attached, also chin strap. Konyak. artefacts 21x18cm Konyak 2:10 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S...
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  13. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C154.jpg Conical helmet of crudely plaited rattan cane, ornamented with two frontal discs inlaid with red and white seeds, surrounded by fringe of hair; pendant of human hair at back at b...
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  14. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C155.jpg Man's hat made of bamboo, cane and pig's bristles. Longkhai village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Longkhai 28cm (dia.), 12cm (h) Konyak Longkhai 2:14 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift ...
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  15. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C156.jpg Man's dance hat (Shonshon), close-fitting, covered with dog-skin and decorated with strips of bamboo dyed red and yellow orchid skin. Three tufts of fibre. Wakching village, Kony...
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  16. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C157.jpg Plaster head of Chehozu, Sema man. artefacts Chehozu Sema 29cm Milward/ Marguerite 2:20 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1949 49.140 descriptions...
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  17. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C158.jpg Plaster head of Nungshimerea, Chongli Ao man, Ungma village. Modelled by Mrs Milward. artefacts Nungshimerea/ of Ungma Ao <Chongli Ungma 39.5cm Milward/ Marguerite 2:21 gift Univ...
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  18. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C159.jpg Bronze head of 'Doketsa' Western Angami, Khonoma village. Modelled by Mrs Milward. (False patina.) artefacts Doketsa/ of Khonoma Angami <Western Khonoma 36.5cm Milward/ Marguerit...
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  19. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C160.jpg Plaster head of 'Nihu', Angami Naga man, Kohima village. Modelled by Mrs Milward. artefacts Nihu/ of Kohima Angami Kohima 33cm Milward/ Marguerite 2:23 gift University Museum of ...
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  20. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C161.jpg naga objects C162.jpg Bust of Tangkhul Naga male. Created by Mrs. Milward. artefacts Tangkhul Milward/ Marguerite 2:24-25 gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ...
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  21. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C163.jpg Sickle, wooden handle and serated straight blade, for reaping. (Yam-koi). Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 34cm Konyak Wakching 2:26 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937...
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  22. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C164.jpg Engraved section of bamboo. Long strip of bamboo with designs engraved in zigzag lines. Given as a ceremonial gift by boys to their girlfriends and kept in girls' dormitory. Nams...
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  23. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C165.jpg Dao, small wide blade and wooden handle ornamented with fringes of black and red goat's hair. Used by head-takers. Handle made at Totok, blade at Wakching, Konyak. artefacts Kony...
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  24. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C166.jpg Chief's knife or dao, used by others but formerly only by Angs. Wide, short blade with 2 short horns. Yang ngak. Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 52cm Konyak W...
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  25. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C167.jpg naga objects C168.jpg Earthenware pot with perforated bottom. Outside decorated with pitted design in stripes. ? used for steaming white rice, it is put on top of another pot of ...
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  26. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C169.jpg Shallow dish divided into 4 sections, of wood, on 3 legs connected by ring base. To contain rice and condiments. Sema. artefacts Sema 31dia.x27h.cm Sema 2:34 Hutton/ J.H. gift Un...
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  27. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C170.jpg Wooden dish, on hollow pedestal foot pierced with 4 triangular perforations; such dishes usually from the simul tree or some similarly soft wood (bombyx malabaricum). Sema. artef...
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  28. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C171.jpg Small hemispherical wooden dish or bowl, on low, slightly hollow foot. 'little wooden saucers are used...as appetiser dishes' (J.H. Hutton). Angami. artefacts Angami (dia.) 11cm,...
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  29. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C172.jpg naga objects C1277.jpg 'Sweat-wig' worn by men; the wig consists of a 'circlet made of the long hair from a bear's neck and shoulders plucked out by the roots and bound onto a ca...
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  30. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C173.jpg [Neck ornament, and part of artefacts 30x30cm 2:42 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S.H. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1919 19.103.17...
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  31. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C174.jpg naga objects C175.jpg Head fillet (man's) of dyed cane with cowrie shells. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 16x15x5cm Konyak 2:45 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S.H. Univ...
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  32. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C176.jpg naga objects C177.jpg Hair ornament, flat piece of wood with 4 human heads carved at one end and a number of red-dyed goat's hair tassels. Worn in knot at the back of the head by...
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  33. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C178.jpg Switch of hair (Shongshon). False hair mounted on a short piece of wood and worn by women with little hair. Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 40cm Konyak Wakchi...
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  34. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C179.jpg Knife in wooden sheath, backed by shoulder blade of sheep (?); suspended by hide thong. Lushai Group. artefacts 28.2cm (scabbard), 30.5cm (knife) Lushai 2:50 Butler/ Capt. John 1...
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  35. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C180.jpg Brush (lai-liek), Konyak, made from pandanus fruit. Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 8x5cm Konyak Wakching 2:51 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Muse...
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  36. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C181.jpg Comb (han-shac), fine-toothed, made of bamboo with bamboo handle. Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 8.1x4.5cm Konyak Wakching 2:53 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gi...
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  37. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C182.jpg Funnel (kwak), made of goat's horn and used for sucking out wounds. A leaf is rolled round the top which is put in the mouth. Longkhai village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Longkhai ...
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  38. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C183.jpg Spindle (Bhang), with flat circular stone used as whorl, with thread made of the bark of a small shrub called Yidza. Longkhai village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Longkhai 39cm Kony...
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  39. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C184.jpg Cane fan, bamboo stick with rectangular flap of plaited cane. Wakching village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Wakching 46x9cm Konyak Wakching 2:56 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift Univ...
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  40. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C185.jpg Man's bag, red cloth with black and white lines. Central part mostly light red with dark red ornament. Tamlu village, Independent Konyak. artefacts Konyak Tamlu 32x38,strap 150cm...
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  41. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C186.jpg White woven bag with designs of conventionalised lizards (?) in red and black. [Reverse plain.] Konyak. artefacts Konyak 31x23, strap 117cm Konyak 2:58 Hutton/ J.H. gift Universi...
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  42. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C187.jpg Urn with bamboo carrying handle and frame. artefacts 19x20cm 2:60 Pawsey/ Sir Charles R. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943 43.158b descriptio...
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  43. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C188.jpg Earthenware cooking pot (dek), modelled out of one lump of clay with lines of pitted ornamentation. [Slightly damaged bottom.] Wakching village, made at Chinjang village, Konyak....
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  44. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C189.jpg Burial urn from Nimi village, Kalyo-Kengyu tribe. "This village has an individual culture of its own allied to, but different from, that of Karami on the opposite (south) bank of...
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  45. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C190.jpg Small earthenware pot used for cooking (dek gok), with ring of spikes round upper part. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 9x13cm Konyak Wakching 2:65 Furer-Haim...
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  46. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C191.jpg naga objects C192.jpg Circular earthenware pot from Sunglao, in Kalyo-Kengyu area, imported from Burma. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Sunglao 9x11cm transfrontier 2:66-67 Pawsey/ Sir Ch...
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  47. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C193.jpg A pair of wrist ornaments of dyed split cane and dendrobium. Worn by the Changs, made by Kalyo-Kengyu. Chevron pattern. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Chang 8x9cm Kalyo-Kengyu 2:68 Butle...
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  48. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C194.jpg [Pair rosette ear-ornaments with trailing dyed goat's hair, beetle-wing centre, Job's tears seeds, mounted on pig's tusks, woven decoration on tusk.] artefacts dia.6cm, tail 30cm...
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  49. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C195.jpg (left) Woman's brass gauntlets, consisting of 20 engraved brass rings on a bamboo tube. [7x16cm] (right) ditto. Shak phanyak lieng, 19 rings. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts ...
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  50. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C196.jpg (left) Bronze armlet, origin unknown, not made nowadays, light in weight, 11 spikes standing out. Worn by rich women. (right) brass armlet with conical projections. Konyak, (left...
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  51. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C197.jpg naga objects C198.jpg Two shell gauntlets. Left (Hutton), gauntlet with goat's hair, on cloth base. Sema, Seromi village. Right (Butler), a warrior's wristlet, ornamented with co...
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  52. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C199.jpg Two cane supports for heavy ornaments on a woman's arm, platted cane decorated with dendrobium. Konyak. artefacts Konyak 12 and 11cm. dia Konyak 2:76 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875...
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  53. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C200.jpg Cane armlet worn on right arm as protection against dao-blows. Right arm not covered by the shield worn by Chingmei men. Made at Panso, [Kalyo-Kengyu]. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Chi...
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  54. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C201.jpg Pair of brass armlets consisting of a rod splaying out into a trumpet shape at both ends and twisted round into a circle. Bears some punched ornament. Eastern Angami. artefacts M...
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    naga objects C202.jpg Wooden armlets (to imitate ivory) worn by the poorer Angami young warriors. artefacts Angami 14x11cm Angami 2:81 Lechmere-Oertel/ F.O. gift University Museum of Archaeology and A...
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  56. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C203.jpg Ivory armlet consisting of a complete section of an elephant's tusk. artefacts Angami 5.5cm deep, 15x13cm. Angami 2:82 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anth...
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  57. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C204.jpg [Armlet, woven strip of cotton with raised woven pattern and cardboard stiffening.] Angami. artefacts Angami 19x11cm Angami 2:84 Hutton/ J.H. 1929 gift University Museum of Archa...
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  58. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C205.jpg naga objects C206.jpg Brass bracelet much resembling gold armillus of bronze age. Made in India for Nagas. artefacts Manipuri 8x4cm 2:85-86 Balfour/ Henry 1922-1923 gift Universi...
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  59. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C207.jpg naga objects C208.jpg Excessively heavy brass wrist ornament, open at one side, having punched ornament. Tangkhul. artefacts Tangkhul 10x12cm Tangkhul 2:87-88 Hutton/ J.H. gift U...
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  60. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C209.jpg Bone finger ring. Tangkhul. artefacts Tangkhul dia.2cm Tangkhul Hansjorg Mayer: penis ring 2:89 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 192...
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  61. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C210.jpg Cuff made of plaited red cane straw with ornament of yellow orchid straw. ?Chang artefacts Chang 16x9 (widest dia.)cm Chang 2:90 Hutton/ J.H. 1929 gift University Museum of Archa...
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  62. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C211.jpg [Pair of armlets made of spiral of split bamboo cane.] artefacts dia.14cm. [not known] 2:91 [not known] gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge [not kno...
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  63. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C212.jpg Brass necklace, almost circular, with 2 'heads' hanging down and 11 bosses, worn by a Wakching man who had taken 2 heads. Made in the unadministered district east of Wakching vil...
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  64. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C213.jpg naga objects C214.jpg [Wooden trophy head, tassels of wool and beads. Konyak.] artefacts Konyak 9x7cm Konyak 2:94-5 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift University Museum of Archaeolo...
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  65. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C215.jpg naga objects C216.jpg Decorated skull of monkey, perhaps Macacus Rhesus, the eyeholes filled with pith. Worn by Konyak headhunters. [15x9cm. [Different authorities suggest: worn ...
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  66. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C217.jpg Woman's receptacle for tobacco (lai-to), made of bamboo with hand-woven red and yellow cane, Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 10x4cm Konyak Wakching 2:98 Furer...
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  67. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C218.jpg A well-shaped tobacco pipe, the wooden bowl expanding into a pointed oval mouth. The reed stem is decorated with red and yellow plaiting. A wooden spike is attached by a string, ...
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  68. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C219.jpg naga objects C220.jpg Clay pipe in shape of man's head, with wooden mouthpiece. [17x7cm.] [Probably wooden bowl, bamboo stem.] Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching...
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  69. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C221.jpg Spinning top (sheang), wooden 'peg-top' with fibre cord. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 8.5cm Konyak Wakching 2:108 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-1937 gift Universit...
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    naga objects C222.jpg Girl's doll of rolled cloth wrapped up in red. Made by women for young children but kept by them even when grown up. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 18x9cm Ko...
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    naga objects C223.jpg Pair of red cane leg-rings, worn under knees by men and boys who have done the head-hunting gennas (ceremonies) yan-tak. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching dia.1...
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    naga objects C224.jpg naga objects C225.jpg Wooden beaker [for rice beer] artefacts Angami 14x dia. at top 14cm Angami 2:111-112 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ca...
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    naga objects C226.jpg naga objects C227.jpg Shallow dish on 4 feet, similar to 47.22,, except that the wood has been stained dark and it has a handle. Used to contain appetisers (chillies etc.) to eat...
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    naga objects C228.jpg Wooden beaker with cane handle, for drinking rice beer. Angami. artefacts Angami 16 x dia. at top 16cm Angami 2:116 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthrop...
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    naga objects C229.jpg Pair of buskins worn by warriors of the Tengima Angami, of dendrobium, coloured red and yellow, with slit and lacing so that they can be removed at leisure. artefacts Angami <Ten...
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    naga objects C230.jpg Shallow dish of light-coloured wood, on 4 legs with ring base connecting them. Given to donor by Merangkong Lentinoktan, 16 Nov. 1928. Ao. artefacts Merangkong Lentinoktan Ao 26x...
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  77. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C231.jpg Wooden dish on 4 feet, used as a plate from which to eat. Angami. artefacts Angami 29x13cm Angami 2:122 Hutton/ J.H. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambr...
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    naga objects C232.jpg A tail-like appendage of wood covered with red, black and white hair, worn in certain dances. [Cane and yellow orchid leaf strips.] artefacts 74cm curved length 2:123 Howell gift...
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    naga objects C233.jpg Large bamboo vessel, encased in basketwork stand with carrying loop and bamboo stopper. Used for carrying salt. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 47x18cm Konyak...
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  80. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C234.jpg Bamboo vessel, made of part of internode of large bamboo, the node forms the bottom. Charred pattern, 'ostrich pattern which is developed from the mithan ear pattern.' Made in Ta...
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    naga objects C235.jpg naga objects C236.jpg Horn of gaur (Bos gaurus), with cane bindings and handle, for drinking. [Incised pattern.] artefacts Chang 58 x dia. at top 13cm Chang 2:129-130 Hutton/ J.H...
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  82. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C237.jpg Bamboo cup with cane handle. "Sema". artefacts 14x10cm 2:132 Butler/ Capt. John 1869-1875 gift from Cotton, S.H. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1919...
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  83. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C238.jpg Bamboo receptacle decorated with finely etched zig-zag lines which form linear pattern. Used for 'pan' leaves and the bark used for betel-chewing. Konyak, Wakching village. artef...
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    naga objects C239.jpg naga objects C1278.jpg Carving, copy of the inner central post of the Ang's morung. A square panel with figurines of man and woman in relief (phallic). [Reverse plain.] Konyak, L...
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  85. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C240.jpg Flat basket, nek phei gem, on which rice is put after cooking, before being served out. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching 33 x 28 x 7cm Konyak Wakching 2:136 Fu...
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  86. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C241.jpg Head-taker's basket with monkey skull and 6 cane balls on string. Label: 'dangsa basket, Chang, Tuensang village.' artefacts Chang Tuensang 33x max. dia. 29cm, cane balls 33cm Ch...
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  87. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C242.jpg Head-taker's basket, ceremonial and used mainly at dances. Fine dark-coloured conical basket ornamented with monkey skull and the skulls of 5 (different) rodents all with black a...
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  88. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C243.jpg Carrying basket, used by chiefs' children. Made of fine dark cane and ornamented with 2 boars' tusks and tassels of red-dyed grass and plain grass and red wool, all attached by s...
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  89. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C1279.jpg naga objects C244.jpg naga objects C245.jpg Flat basket on 4 legs, made of bamboo and rattan, dark in colour and used for keeping beads before stringing them. (Ong-khem.) Konyak...
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  90. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C246.jpg Axe shaped dao, with tang fitting into wooden handle which is bound with cane. Old pattern. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu 52x14cm Kalyo-Kengyu 2:142 Hutton/ J.H. gift Univ...
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  91. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C247.jpg Dao, elongated form with hollow crescentic end. A long sleeve at near end embraces the wooden handle, has a socket at end of handle into which is pegged a wooden ornament bearing...
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  92. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C248.jpg A triangular bladed axe [dao], its handle bound with rattan. Assam. artefacts Ao 73x13cm Ao 2:145 Howell gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1895 18...
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  93. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C249.jpg Dao, large knife with rather triangular blade and handle covered with cane-work dyed red, and yellow orchid skin. Tassels at end of red-dyed goats hair. artefacts 73x max.w. 9cm ...
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  94. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C250.jpg Axe-shaped dao with long distal extension forming a sleeve round the wooden handle. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu 61 x max. w.12cm Kalyo-Kengyu 2:147 Hutton/ J.H. gift Uni...
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  95. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C251.jpg Dao, large black and long iron handle with wooden end. Obsolete type. Kalyo Kengyu, Panso village. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Panso 66 x 10cm Kalyo-Kengyu Panso 2:148 Furer-Haimendor...
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  96. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C252.jpg "Smith's stone hammer - nokhu - from Sanglao in the Kalyo-Kengyu Naga country between Assam and Burma" (Hutton). artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu 31 x 9cm Kalyo-Kengyu 2:149 Pawsey/ Sir Ch...
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  97. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C253.jpg Small basket, of closely woven cane. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu 21 x 15cm Kalyo-Kengyu 2:151 Pawsey/ Charles R. gift University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ...
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  98. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C254.jpg Flint and steel in [wooden] case from Sanglao village, Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Sanglao 8 x 5cm Kalyo-Kengyu Sanglao 2:153 Pawsey/ Sir Charles R. gift University Muse...
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  99. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C255.jpg Clasp knife, handle of buffalo horn (met shok). Big triangular blade with etched margin. Mainly used for cutting betel nuts and bark. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak W...
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  100. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    naga objects C256.jpg Basketwork dish, roughly hemispherical but squared at the base to accomodate 4 small wooden feet. Angami. artefacts Angami dia.16 x h.8cm Angami 2:156 Hutton/ J.H. gift Universit...
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