- black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills
naga millsphot P47999.jpg Man wearing the tight cane-belt which is characteristic of the Konyaks, cotton apron, bead necklaces, armlets, cane garters below the knees, cane cap and broad, carved wooden...
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naga millsphot P48000.jpg Front view of the house of the chief (Ang) of Chi. In front is the stone sitting platform, with associated menhirs, for the use of the chief; to the right is an euphorbia (ca...
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naga millsphot P48001.jpg Two young men wearing palmyra caps, broad wooden boards in their hair-knots, many coloured bead necklaces, brass chest ornaments, and embroidered aprons of the type worn only...
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naga millsphot P48002.jpg Young man wearing wide belt made from the inner bark of a tree, fringed, cotton apron, metal armlets, cane necklet and tassel ear-ornaments. Konyak, Tamlu village. photograph...
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naga millsphot P48003.jpg Two women wearing striped cloths of a type to which they are entitled as wives of men who have performed Feasts of Merit. They also wear necklaces of metal trumpet-shaped bea...
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naga millsphot P48004.jpg Chief of Chingmei drinking rice-beer from a bamboo mug through a bamboo tube. He wears conch-shell ear-ornaments and boar's tusk necklet, ornaments which indicate that he has...
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naga millsphot P48005.jpg Chief of Chingmei wearing conch-shell ear-ornaments, necklet of double boar's tusks, an apron decorated with cowrie shells and a brass disk ornament. His wide plaited cane be...
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naga millsphot P48006.jpg [house] photographs Kuki Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets S...
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naga millsphot P48007.jpg [man and woman] photographs Khyeng Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square ...
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naga millsphot P48008.jpg [two men] photographs Tippera Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brack...
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naga millsphot P48009.jpg [group] photographs Khyeng Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets...
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naga millsphot P48010.jpg [houses] photographs Mro Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets S...
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naga millsphot P48011.jpg [village] photographs Kuki Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets...
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naga millsphot P48012.jpg [?grave] photographs Tippera Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square bracke...
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naga millsphot P48013.jpg [?grave] photographs Tippera Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square bracke...
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naga millsphot P48014.jpg [house] photographs Tippera Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square bracket...
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naga millsphot P48015.jpg [group] photographs Magh Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets S...
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naga millsphot P48016.jpg Group of elders wearing hand-woven cotton cloth with the fringed and knotted ends to which their status as headmen (khullakpa) entitles them. Man on the left wears 'crested' ...
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naga millsphot P48017.jpg Dwelling house built with wooden-stake walls and grass thatched roof. The carved "house-horns" decorating the roof and the posts elaborately carved with representations of hu...
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naga millsphot P48018.jpg Man wearing now-obsolete type of head-dress known as luhupa: a conical shaped hat covered with fur and hair dyed red and black, from which is hung a "vizier" decorated with c...
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naga millsphot P48019.jpg Dwelling house built on piles with wooden-stake walls and grass-thatched roof. The platform built across the house front is raised from the ground, and in the foreground stan...
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naga millsphot P48020.jpg View of village street. The houses stand to either side and are built with stake walls and grass-thatched roofs. The forked posts which stand before most houses indicate that...
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naga millsphot P48021.jpg Three men wearing hand-woven, cotton cloths and a now obsolete type of brass-boss head ornament. Tangkhul, Mungba village. photographs Tangkhul Mungba Shakespear/ J. document...
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naga millsphot P48022.jpg Forked posts, set up to commemorate the performance of feasts of merit, standing on stone platform in front of dwelling house. This type of post is typical of the Ukhrul area...
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naga millsphot P48023.jpg Headman (khullakpa), wearing now obsolete type of ceremonial head-dress: a cane hat decorated with dyed hair, wooden representation of mithan horns, brass boss ornament and t...
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naga millsphot P48024.jpg Stone of curious shape (lai-pham), regarded as sacred and the abode of a minor deity. Four forked posts set up, two on each side of the stone, commemorate sacrifices performe...
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naga millsphot P48025.jpg [woman] photographs Mro Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets Sc...
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naga millsphot P48026.jpg [woman] photographs Mro Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets Sc...
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naga millsphot P48027.jpg Megalithic monument (Tso Kulo) set up on stone platform to commemorate a man who has given the full series of Feasts of Merit: the larger stone is set up in the name of the d...
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naga millsphot P48028.jpg Semicircular stone platform (asuthe) erected on the path from the village to the fields from whence the spirit of the dead man will watch and bless the crops: a tiny house on...
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naga millsphot P48029.jpg Paodekumba of Impoi showing the markedly frizzy hair. Zemi, Impoi village. photographs Paodekumba/ of Impoi Zemi Impoi Graham Bower/ Ursula School of Oriental and African Stu...
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naga millsphot P48030.jpg Group of "pear-shaped monolithic urns, being part of a field of approximately 400 arranged in long lines, the big stones of the alignment often apparently having clusters of ...
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naga millsphot P48031.jpg A group of monolithic urns in the main field of about 400 found near Bolasan village, North Cachar Hills. photographs Bolasan Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on cat...
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naga millsphot P48032.jpg Badly damaged "truncated-cone" monolithic urns, which are part of a field of approximately 50 stones situated on two knolls. North Cachar Hills, Kartong village. photographs ...
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naga millsphot P48033.jpg naga millsphot P48034.jpg Monolithic urn, of truncated cone shape, being one of a group found at Kartong village, North Cachar Hills. photographs Kartong Mills/ J.P. 1918-194...
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naga millsphot P48035.jpg View of Wokha Hills from Lungkam village. Lhota. photographs Lhota Lungkam Wokha Hills Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf un...
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naga millsphot P48036.jpg Man in full dress (back view) wearing tail of human hair attached to his dart (panji) basket and an "enemy's teeth" breastplate (khaptang) across the back of the shoulders. A...
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naga millsphot P48038.jpg Man in full ceremonial dress and wearing leggings of the type worn by the Angami Nagas. Stones commemorating the performance of feasts of merit in the background. Lhota, Lung...
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naga millsphot P48039.jpg [side view of young Konyak wearing cane belt, holding palm frond] photographs Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless unca...
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naga millsphot P48040.jpg Man (back view). He wears tight cane belt, cane leggings, metal armlets and a broad wooden hair pin, which is elaborately carved. Konyak, Mon village. photographs Konyak Mon ...
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naga millsphot P48041.jpg Head-hunting ceremonies: man wearing palmyra leaf cap, holding up head trophy captured in war, which is ornamented with mithan horns and palmyra leaf tassels. Konyak, Choha v...
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naga millsphot P48042.jpg Group of men with carved posts of morung in foreground. Konyak, Nian village. photographs Konyak Nian Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Fure...
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naga millsphot P48043.jpg [man wearing hair in a knot with a wooden hair-pin] Konyak, Chongwe village. photographs Konyak Aopao (Chongwe) Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Bett...
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naga millsphot P48044.jpg Soul effigies and grave goods placed under pipal tree in which corpse platforms are placed for exposure: grave goods consist of food and rice beer all of which are intended f...
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naga millsphot P48045.jpg [house] photographs Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets School...
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naga millsphot P48046.jpg [house] photographs Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets School...
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naga millsphot P48047.jpg [log gong] photographs Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets Sch...
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naga millsphot P48048.jpg Head-hunting ceremonies: group of menhirs, standing near men's house (morung), to which heads captured in war are brought. On the crown of each menhir orchid plants have been...
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naga millsphot P48049.jpg Chief (Ang) of Mon, wearing cane hat tufted with dyed goat's hair and decorated with hornbill feathers and wild boar's tusks. His ear-ornaments are many stranded bead tassels...
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naga millsphot P48050.jpg Corpse platform, showing deceased's ornaments, formalised wooden copies of long daos. Ao, Changki village. photographs Ao Changki Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on...
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naga millsphot P48051.jpg Offerings to cure sickness caused by wild boar. Ao, Chungtia village. photographs Ao Chungtia Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimen...
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naga millsphot P48052.jpg Formal dance by men in honour of Governor of Assam. Ao, Ungma village. photographs Ao Ungma Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendo...
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naga millsphot P48054.jpg Formal dance by men in honour of Governor of Assam. Ao, Ungma village. photographs Ao Ungma Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendo...
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naga millsphot P48055.jpg Front of house carved with tiger and hornbill figures indicating that owner has given second feast of merit. Ao, Ungma village. photographs Ao Ungma Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 doc...
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naga millsphot P48056.jpg Mithan tied up for sacrifice at feast of merit; short wooden posts commemorating 2nd feast of merit (at edge). Ao, Ungma village. photographs Ao Ungma Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 d...
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naga millsphot P48057.jpg Carved and painted village gate. Ao, Merangkong village. photographs Ao Merangkong Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless...
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naga millsphot P48058.jpg Posts commemorating 3rd in the series of mithan sacrifice. Ao, Chantongia village. photographs Ao Chantongia Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty v...
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naga millsphot P48059.jpg Log-drum. Ao, Longpa village. photographs Ao Longpha (Longpa) Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in whi...
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naga millsphot P48060.jpg House of man who has given full series of feasts of merit. Three types of post for 1st, 2nd and 3rd mithan sacrifice. Ao, Sangratsu village. photographs Ao Sangratsu Mills/ J...
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naga millsphot P48061.jpg Posts commemorating 2nd and 3rd in the series of mithan sacrifices. Ao, Longsa village. photographs Ao Longsa Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty ...
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naga millsphot P48062.jpg Posts commemorating 2nd and 3rd in the series of mithan sacrifices. Ao, Sangratsu village photographs Ao Sangratsu Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by B...
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naga millsphot P48063.jpg Woman weaving. Ao, Mongsenyimti village. photographs Ao Mongsenyimti Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued,...
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naga millsphot P48064.jpg Imitation pig offered to evil spirits. Ao, Ungma village. photographs Ao Ungma Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless unc...
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naga millsphot P48065.jpg Entrance to the village is through a narrow gateway in the rubble wall which surrounds the houses. It is lines with upright stones, two of which are decorated with carvings. ...
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naga millsphot P48066.jpg Bamboo palisade set up to enclose the site of the "fourth" ritual sowing. The four ritual sowings are done during the first sowing ceremony, which is held at the beginning of...
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naga millsphot P48067.jpg Young men and unmarried girls dance on a ceremonial occasion. To the right are the drummers playing cylindrical, double-membrance drums. To the left a line of young men chant...
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naga millsphot P48068.jpg Woman carrying child. She wears hand-woven, cotton-cloth skirt, shoulder shawl and turban, and necklace of conch-shell and cornelian beads. Zemi, Baladhan village. photograph...
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naga millsphot P48070.jpg Natural stone of curious shape which is carved to represent the figure of a man. This stone is set up on three flat stones and stands in association with alignments of small,...
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naga millsphot P48073.jpg Alignments of small upright stones and horizontally-placed stone slabs. These are part of the complex which includes a natural stone carved to represent a figure. Zemi, Peisa...
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naga millsphot P48074.jpg Bamboo fence surrounding the village, entrance to which is effected through a narrow opening in a screen of scrub and bush. Zemi, Peisa village. photographs Zemi Paisa (Peisa...
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naga millsphot P48075.jpg Girl performing the ritual act of taking an oath on an egg. She wears a hand-woven, cotton cloth and her hair is cut in the "bobbed" style, which indicates her unmarried stat...
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naga millsphot P48076.jpg Firewood stacked by members of the morung for use on occasions of morung importance. Zemi, Hokai village. photographs Zemi Hokai Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on ...
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naga millsphot P48077.jpg Ritual effigy (mpe) set up during the Winter Festival, which takes place at the end of the agricultural year. During the course of the rites this effigy, which is carved to r...
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naga millsphot P48078.jpg Spindles, hung up on a four-armed pole in front of the morung represent deceased women associated with morung-members. (Wooden models of hornbill feathers are used to represe...
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naga millsphot P48079.jpg Man carrying short-hafted spear and war-shield made of plaited bamboo. Zemi, Hajaichak village. photographs Zemi Hajaichak Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalo...
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naga millsphot P48080.jpg Woman winding cotton thread. She uses a four peg rack to set up the warp for an "Indonesian" type loom. Zemi, Hangrum village. photographs Zemi Hangrum Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 ...
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naga millsphot P48081.jpg Small upright stones set up during the funerary rites to commemorate the sexual conquests made by deceased during his life-time. Zemi, Hangrum village. photographs Zemi Hangr...
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naga millsphot P48082.jpg Two stone menhirs set up outside the dwelling-house to commemorate the performance of Feasts of Merit given by the house-owner. Zemi, Nenglo village. photographs Zemi Nenglo ...
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naga millsphot P48083.jpg Woman weaving cotton cloth on an Indonesian-type look. Zemi, Nenglo village. photographs Zemi Nenglo Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer...
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naga millsphot P48084.jpg Ritual earth mound set up by rich man to commemorate a bumper harvest. The mound represents grain heaped after harvest. The building of such a mound is believed to further th...
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naga millsphot P48085.jpg Morung, built with carved, wooden front and high-gabled, thatched roof. In front of the morung stands a bamboo platform, used as a sitting-place by members of the men's house...
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naga millsphot P48086.jpg Ponds which have been dug as part of the ritual (matuira) aimed at promoting the fertility of the crops. This ritual may only be performed by those men's houses whose members...
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naga millsphot P48087.jpg Cane and bamboo cantilever bridge built across a stream. This type of bridge is known locally as a "rainbow" bridge. Zemi, Laisong village. photographs Zemi Laisong Mills/ J....
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naga millsphot P48088.jpg Wooden trough used for storing water. The trough is made from a hollowed-out tree-trunk and the ends are carved with stylized representations of female breasts. The water is ...
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naga millsphot P48089.jpg Entrance to interior of men's house, through narrow doorway cut in plaited-bamboo wall; door-frame and supporting slats are carved with diagonal lines and geometric patterns ...
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naga millsphot P48090.jpg Entrance to interior of men's house, through narrow doorway cut in plaited-bamboo wall; door-frame and supporting slats are carved with figures of deer, elephants, horses, pe...
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naga millsphot P48091.jpg Young man carrying short-hafted, long, iron-headed spear. He wears a hand-woven loin cloth, metal ear-rings and necklaces made of porcelain beads, metal rings and cowrie shel...
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naga millsphot P48092.jpg Interior of morung. The walls are made of plaited bamboo and the wooden cross-beams bear carvings of human figures, female breasts and penis. Zemi, Hojai village. photographs...
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naga millsphot P48093.jpg Young man, wearing neck ornaments of cowrie shell and a flower in his ear-lobe. His hair is cut in the "long-bob" style which indicates his unmarried status. Zemi, Waipe vill...
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naga millsphot P48094.jpg Menhir, set in memory of deceased, associated with two rows of smaller stones which commemorate the love affairs in which the deceased engaged during his lifetime. Zemi, Waip...
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naga millsphot P48095.jpg Women fetching water from a tank situated in the centre of the village. The water is conveyed from the stream by means of a bamboo conduit to a hollowed-out tree trunk whence...
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naga millsphot P48096.jpg Morung built with plaited-bamboo walls and grass-thatched roof. The wooden front posts are carved with stylized motifs : human heads, mithan heads and female breasts. The gab...
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naga millsphot P48097.jpg Man wearing small apron on G-string, hand-woven, cotton cloth crossed on chest, bead necklaces and cap. His neck ornament is decorated with tiger's teeth which he is entitled...
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naga millsphot P48098.jpg Morung with carved post and "house horns'. Chiru. photographs Chiru Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, ...
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naga millsphot P48099.jpg Circular sitting stone and monoliths. Chiru. photographs Chiru Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in wh...
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naga millsphot P48100.jpg Men standing in front of morung; they wear fillets are characteristic of the tribe. Chiru. photographs Chiru Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty v...
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naga millsphot P48101.jpg Grave. Chiru. photographs Chiru Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square bra...
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naga millsphot P48102.jpg Girls and boys in festive dress dance on a ceremonial occasion. Kabui, Gobindapur village. photographs Kabui Gobindapur Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue...
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naga millsphot P48103.jpg Group of male and female dancers in festive dress. Man wears horned head-dress, beaded ear-rings and necklaces, striped, cotton loin cloth and ivory armlets decorated with cl...
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naga millsphot P48104.jpg Posts commemorating 1st and end in the series of mithan sacrifice. The carvings on the round post represent hornbill heads. Ao, Lungkam village. photographs Ao Lungkam Mills/...
Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:07:44
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