The Nagas

visit to Litami christianity tours Kolhoshe/ of Litami Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The Litami village is Sema and apart from six houses, it is now entirely christi...
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visit to Litami houses tours Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Like other tribes, Semas have their own style in house architecture and apart from their general roominess...
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visit to Litami Y posts tours aitsukeba Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Outside the house of a gaonbura is a tall Y shaped post which was put up by him in his pre-chri...
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visit to Litami young mens' house and house for girls tours Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Unlike Sema villages which are not Baptist the village has a young mens' ho...
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visit to Litami women's dress tours Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Although the village is almost completely christian most women wear dull red skirts with black band...
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visit to Litami visit to Sasatami tours Sema Litami Sasatami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In Sasatami which is also Sema Baptist, the houses still retain their pre-christian em...
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visit to Lungkam tours Ao Lungkam Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Toiled up a tough hill and reached Lungkam, avid for a rest and tea. In the night 'The Ao Nagas'. Next Previous
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visit to Lungkam tours Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 2nd February. This morning heavy rain kept me in. But about 11 the sun came out and I made a tour of the village. Next Prev...
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visit to Lungkam khels and the risk of fire tours Chongli khel Mongsen khel Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The village consists of an upper and lower Khel. The upper is Chongli ...
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visit to Lungkam village gates tours Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Of the many things which perished in the last fire a luckless casualty was the village gate. This was in two ...
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visit to Lungkam morungs tours Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Other casualties in the fire were two morungs. These have been rebuilt only recently and they loom above the other ...
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visit to Lungkam warriors' dress and head-taking tours tsungrem Sangpu Ao Lungkam Pangsha Lungsa 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Warriors' dress is now awarded to all Aos of the village who...
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visit to Lungkam house carvings and feasts of merit tours Chamtiba/ of Lungkam Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Carvings on private houses are, as elsewhere, linked to feasts of m...
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visit to Lungkam houses tours Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Going round the village I was struck by the airy spaciousness of most of the houses. There is normally a single room...
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visit to Lungkam dangers of tattooing tours Ao Lungkam 2.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 One of the village women has no legs below her knees. While she was being tattooed, the places went se...
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head-takers' aprons and cloths tours Ao Mongsenyimti Lungkam 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 6th February On the way to Mongsenyimti I noticed a number of Ao all wearing the aprons...
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pipe smoking tours Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (57) A feature of all the Aos this side is pipe smoking. Almost every one has a pipe - old women, young girls, ad...
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school carvings tours Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 7th February A day in the village. Photographed the carvings on the school house. Next Previous
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Y posts tours Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Many houses have Y posts in front of them, one for every mithan sacrificed. When you have given three such sacrifices ...
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morungs and morung carvings tours Chongli khel Yimbangrocho clan Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 There are at present two morungs, both of them with fully carved pi...
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abandoned log drum due to christianity tours Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (59) Further up the village and poised on a hill is a second log drum. The Khel is now ...
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cemetery tours Kikanuksini Ao Mongsenyimti Yungpung 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Between the christian Khels and the rest of the village is a long cemetery. The former custom of...
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house carving tours Lima/ of Mongsenyimti Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Some distance to the south of the cemetery is the house of Lima, the dobashi. This was bui...
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head tree tours Mileva/ of Mongsenyimti Ao Mongsenyimti Sangpo 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At the present time the head-tree is a small and thorny tree set among the village ho...
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log drum rules and rituals tours moatzu Lima Pungmenu clan Chaneri clan Songkong morung Ao Mongsenyimti 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 During the evening I discussed with Lima the...
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significance of heads 'captured' by Christoph von Furer- Haimendorf tours Furer-Haimendorf Lima Ao Mongsenyimti Pangsha 6.2.1947-7.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Lima tells me that the four ...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang tours Ao 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 8th February Today I walked to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang and then back to Mongsenyimti. Next Previous
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang log drum and gate at Ungr tours Ao Ungri (Ungr) 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At Ungr, an old village gate is standing by the log drum. On one side four l...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang Phom carving tours Ao Phom Mongnyu 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In a gaonbura's house I came across my first examples of Phom carving. The gaonbura had g...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang decline of morung at Ungr due to christianity tours Ao Ungri (Ungr) 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At the end of the village is a new morung and by the sid...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang log drums at Chuchu Yimlang tours Lima Ao Chuchu Yimlang 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In Chuchu Yimlang there are two morungs and both are adjacent to lo...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang Y posts and house carving at Chuchu Yimlang tours Ao Chuchu Yimlang 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In the village I noticed two magnificent Y posts in fron...
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visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang morung and morung carvings at Chuchu Yimlang tours moatzu Ao Chuchu Yimlang 8.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The other morung is in a vastly better condition...
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tours Mokokchung 9.2.1947-10.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 9th-10th February. Back on the 9th to Mokokchung - 10th getting ready for going to Kohima. Noticed in 'The Statesman' that Codring...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba tours Ao 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 11th February Set out with the sky full of clouds but not the great roaring wind which buffeted the trees all t...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba khel gates at Khensa tours Lungma genna Pukulalung genna Lyabamung genna Yimkalun genna Ao Khensa 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At Khensa found that e...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba feasts of merit and house carving at Khensa tours Chongli khel Mongsen khel Tamjenchosang/ of Khensa Ao Khensa 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Ao Nagas...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba morungs at Khensa tours Ao Khensa 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Although the morungs are very far from derelict, none of them has carvings, and none i...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba graves at Chungtia tours Ao Chungtia 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At Chungtia there is a long line of graves beside the village path. The graves of w...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba gate at Chungtia tours Ao Chungtia 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Like Khensa, Chungtia has a huge gate hewn from a single tree. There are no carvings ...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba morung at Aliba tours Ao Aliba 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (68) In Aliba the morung is very neat and smart though it was no longer used for sleeping...
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visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba log drums tours Ao Khensa Chungtia Aliba 11.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba all have magnificent log-drums and I have written a ...
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tours Cholimsen (Chongliyimsen) 12.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 February 12 To Chongliyimsen Next Previous
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problem with elephants tours Lakhuni Charali 13.2.1947-14.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 February 13 To Lakhuni February 14 To Charali. At Lakhuni the gaonbura complained of wild elephants. ...
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