The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. coloured plates from 'Sketch of Assam' by J. Butler, 1847
    naga objects S1084.jpg two figures sketches Butler/ Major John 1847 17:25 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets
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  2. coloured plates from 'Sketch of Assam' by J. Butler, 1847
    naga objects S1085.jpg Angami warrior sketches Butler/ Major John 1847 17:26 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets
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  3. naga objects S1106.jpg [map of Naga Hill...
    naga objects S1106.jpg [map of Naga Hills with coloured sketches of tribes] inscription reads, (left) Kabui; (centre) Marring; (right) Tangkhul sketches Woodthorpe/ R.G. [Actually a sketch made by Jam...
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  4. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1107.jpg an Angami Naga in ordinary dress The ornaments hanging from the ears are rolls of cotton wool. The robe is hand-woven by the women, each village having a cloth of distinctive bo...
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  5. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1108.jpg Angami Naga in full ghenna (festival) dress The dress is worn at the great harvest festival. Before the Naga tribes came under British rule, each feather worn denoted an enemy's...
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  6. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1109.jpg Naga in ghenna gala dress, Kohima sketches Angami Kohima Lugard/ Nell 20.12.1893 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets 17:50 Pitt Rive...
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  7. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1110.jpg Naga in gala ghenna dress, Kohima sketches Kohima Lugard/ Nell 20.12.1893 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets 17:51 Pitt Rivers Muse...
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  8. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1111.jpg hornbill headdress of gala ghenna dress, Kohima sketches Kohima Lugard/ Nell 20.12.1893 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets 17:52 Pi...
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  9. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1112.jpg house of an Angami Naga The crossed beams pointing to the sky mark the house as that of a village headman. The skulls of cattle slaughtered for the big feasts are hanging on the...
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  10. sketches, some coloured, by Nell Lugard, c.1893
    naga objects S1113.jpg the usual type of house of an Angami Naga sketches Lugard/ Nell [1893] approx. 17:54 documentation based on original source information unless within square brackets Pitt Rivers...
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  11. sketches from Captain J. Butler 'Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam', 1955
    naga misc S46460.jpg the fort at Dheemapoor sketches Dimapur (Dheemapoor) Butler/ Capt. J. 1855
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  12. sketches from Captain J. Butler 'Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam', 1955
    naga misc S46461.jpg village of Mozema from Jotshemah sketches Mezema (Mozema) Jotsoma (Jotshemah) Butler/ Capt. J. 1855
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  13. sketches from Captain J. Butler 'Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam', 1955
    naga misc S46462.jpg naga misc S46463.jpg sketch of the Hill Fort Konomah sketches Khonoma (Konomah) Butler/ Capt. J. 1855
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  14. sketches from P.C. Basu, Head-dress of the Hill-Tribes of Assam. JASB, xxv, 1929
    sketches Basu/ P.C. Caption:fig. 2 common Naga twill plaiting Caption:fig. 5 texture of Lhota Naga twill pattern Caption:fig. 1 texture of twill plaiting showing the abrupt change in the direction of ...
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  15. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46593.jpg Rhesus macaque sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (O...
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  16. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46594.jpg slow loris sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxfor...
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  17. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46595.jpg naga sketches S46596.jpg tiger sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permissi...
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  18. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46597.jpg leopard sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxford) ...
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  19. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46598.jpg malayan civet (left), palm civet (top), binturong (bottom) sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, ...
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  20. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46600.jpg Indian fox sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxfor...
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  21. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46601.jpg dhole sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxford) Lt...
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  22. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46602.jpg hyena sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxford) Lt...
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  23. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46603.jpg Himalayan bear sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (O...
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  24. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46604.jpg sloth bear sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxfor...
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  25. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46605.jpg clawless otter sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (O...
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  26. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46606.jpg smooth otter sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxf...
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  27. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46607.jpg serow sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxford) Lt...
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  28. drawings of animals found in North East India
    naga sketches S46608.jpg goral sketches Barrett/ Priscilla 'The Encyclopaedia of Mammals I & II," ed. D. Macdonald; George, Allen & Unwin, 1984; reproduced by permission of Equinox (Oxford) Lt...
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  29. sketches in M. Horam 'Social and Cultural Life of Nagas (The Tangkhul Nagas)'.
    naga sketches S46945.jpg Tangkhul spear, men's headdresses, woman's walking stick Tangkhul Horam/ M. 1977
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  30. sketches in M. Horam 'Social and Cultural Life of Nagas (The Tangkhul Nagas)'.
    naga sketches S46946.jpg ancient stone implements used by Nagas Horam/ M. 1977
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  31. sketches in M. Horam 'Social and Cultural Life of Nagas (The Tangkhul Nagas)'.
    naga sketches S46947.jpg spear and buffalo-hide shield Horam/ M. 1977
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  32. illustration from J.H. Hutton's Tour Diary Feb.-Mar. 1935
    naga sketches S47007.jpg Hutton/ J.H.
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  33. illustration from J.H. Hutton's Tour Diary, May 1920
    naga sketches S47008.jpg Hutton/ J.H.
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  34. illustrations from Dalton, 'Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal', plates XVI-XIX
    naga sketches P53711.jpg naga sketches P53712.jpg naga sketches P53713.jpg naga sketches P53714.jpg naga sketches P53715.jpg naga sketches P53716.jpg naga sketches P53717.jpg
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