The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

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  1. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Khonoma tours Hutton Furer-Haimendorf Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 31st December 1946. This morning I set out for Khonoma, the first Angami village I shall see and the...
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    visit to Khonoma rice terraces tours Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Although the track begins three miles below Khonoma rice fields belonging to the village commence almost at on...
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    visit to Khonoma field houses tours Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 53 Dotted through the fields are little thatched huts where in bad weather men and wo...
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    visit to Khonoma monoliths tours Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As we neared Khonoma, monoliths grew more and more plentiful and in some of the fields there are whole colonies of...
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    visit to Khonoma field rest house tours mechuki tsungi Semoma clan Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 About half a mile from the village we came to a field rest-house. This is known ...
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    visit to Khonoma cones made at path clearing festival tours Pawsey Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Just below the hall there is an ascending series of mud platforms. The three low...
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    visit to Khonoma scarecrows, shrine of Kipuche tours Kipuche Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 From the hall the path drops down to a stream an...
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    visit to Khonoma fortress and gates tours Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Just above the stones the path comes out at a great roofed block-house which marks the village entrance. ...
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    visit to Khonoma children's tops; dress tours Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Inside the village, all the smaller boys and girls were playing with tops. The stone is carefully cut...
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    visit to Khonoma gaonbura's house tours Sekrengi festival Thekrangi festival Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 After toiling up the spur, I was glad to stop at a gaonbura's house. T...
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    visit to Khonoma stone circle tours Kemova Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 A most impressive feature of the village is the great stone circle which marks the grave of the first di...
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    visit to Khonoma views on independence tours Unelhu Khonoma 31.12.1946 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 After lunch I sat on a high fort taking in the enormous view and talking to Unelhu about the co...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema tours Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 7th January. Today I took the Government Jeep and went to Jakhama and Kigwema....
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema field rest house tours Viyema khel Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 46 Half a mile from the road an...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema gate erected by Viyema khel tours Viyema khel Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At the entrance to the village is a massive ga...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema mithan head carvings on house fronts tours Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Beyond the gate the village paths wind through a ...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema 'young mens' house tours Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In the middle of the village, I was shown a 'young men's house'. It...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema piped water supply and electricity tours Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 A feature of the village, as indeed of Kigwema, is ...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema war salvage tours Angami <Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Another effect of the war is the amount of salvage which has entered Naga ...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema gate of Kipoma khel at Kigwema tours Kosazu/ of Kigwema Pawsey Whilie Angami/ of Kigwema Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 From Jakhama I...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema dormitory of Kavema khel tours Kavema khel Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 From the gate we went up the path to the village passing as ...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema use of corrugated iron tours Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Throughout the village a great deal of house building is going on. Thatche...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema Kosazu's house and his father's grave tours Kosazu Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 From the dormitory, Kosazu took me to his house. Thi...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema village gates tours Kavema khel Mereletsuma khel Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In Kigwema, all the gates are different and it is obvi...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema christianity tours Kipoma khel Makuma khel Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Unlike most Angami villages, Christianity has secured a foot...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema monument recording the merging of two khels tours Kavema khel Makwuma khel Khamimakum khel Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Another inte...
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    visit to Jakhama and Kigwema pulling in of a new rice pounder by Makuma khel tours Makuma khel Angami <Southern Kigwema 7.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As I was leaving the village I heard ...
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    visit to Jotsoma Jotsoma khels tours Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 8th January Today, by jeep along the by-pass and thence to J...
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    visit to Jotsoma bachelors' dormitories tours Tseyama khel Toloma khel Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The old function however still accounts for the lay-out of the bachelors' hall...
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    visit to Jotsoma Jotsoma khels tours Terhengi festival Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel Pawsey Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Although there are four Khels in Jo...
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    visit to Jotsoma erection of memorial stone, Tseyama khel tours Lhuler Angami Tseyama khel Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 When I reached Tseyama Khel, I found a great stir in a cou...
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    visit to Jotsoma village feuds and alliances tours Pawsey Jotsoma Khonoma Pfuchama Phesama Kigwema 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 After crossing the bridge I climbed a steep lane and at le...
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    visit to Jotsoma lack of house horns or carvings, apart from school tours Pawsey Bose/ Subas Chandra Singh/ Gobind Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Unlike Kigwema where almost all ro...
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    visit to Jotsoma graves tours Kauffmann Jotsoma 8.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In the later I saw two recent graves, one was of the gaonbura's wife and baskets, bamboo dishes, cloth, weavi...
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    visit to Mezoma tours Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (15) 9th January. To Mezoma and back. This is one of the highest villages in the Western Angami group a...
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    visit to Mezoma memories of J.H. Hutton tours Hutton Zakivelia/ of Khonoma Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The ascent is exceedingly steep and after toiling ...
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    visit to Mezoma field rest houses and the figures of 'Thepa' and 'Thevo', the village founders tours Thepa Thevo Nisonuma clan Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.194...
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    visit to Mezoma halls and dormitories tours Thepfuhie Angami Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Niruhu Angami Vihotsuma khel Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Unlik...
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    visit to Mezoma village gates tours Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Vihotsuma khel Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As in Jotsoma the various gates all reflect ...
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    visit to Mezoma head-takers fourth line of cowrie shells on his skirt tours Duovizo Angami Mills/ J.P. Angami <Western Mezema (Mezoma) Khonoma Jotsoma Kiruphema (Kirufema) 9.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12....
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  41. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Meroma tours Horotsuma khel Chakuma khel Seyatsuma khel Kesinoma khel Kiditsuma khel Merema (Meroma) 10.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 10 January A short day - this time to Meroma. ...
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    visit to Meroma village gates tours Merema (Meroma) 10.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The gate of the first unit (the Horotsuma group) has a row of breasts at the bottom and next to a somewh...
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    visit to Meroma lack of carvings and 'morungs' tours Merema (Meroma) 10.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Here as in Khonoma and Mezoma, almost all the houses are devoid of carving and I notice...
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    visit to Meroma school and education tours Lhoulietuo Angami Merema (Meroma) 10.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 At the bottom of the village is a neatly made L.P. School with a ground for gam...
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    description of Pfesachadumi's 'morung' system tours Rudai Angami <Eastern Pfesa-Chaduma (Pfesachadumi) 11.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 11 January Today I worked at home and in the evening ...
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    Sema attitudes to young mens' houses (apuki) and the effect of christianity tours apuki kipitimi romki totimi romki sheku Chophimi clan Sema Yehemi Kiyetha (Kiyatha) Khumishe (Khumishimi) Satami Achik...
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    new gate at Kohima and mithan carving tours Krusihu Angami Kohima 13.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 13 January This morning Krusihu D.C.'s pandit and the head dobashi came to see me and we d...
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    visit to Kohima village tours Kohima 14.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 14 January This morning I climbed the hill to Kohima village and made a short tour of the different Khels. Next Previou...
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    visit to Kohima village village gates tours Dapfetsuma khel Kohima 14.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The gates vary greatly in age and since fighting raged all round the village it is surpri...
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    visit to Kohima village lack of house carvings due to destruction of war tours Zhatho genna Yakhele Angami Zkamoh Angami Kohima 14.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Genna' carvings whether of ...
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    visit to Eastern Angami area tours Angami <Eastern Chakhabama 15.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 15 January Today I left Kohima for the Eastern Angamis. We began by skirting the village and w...
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    visit to Eastern Angami area tours Pawsey Angami <Eastern Thenizumi Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 16.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 16th January The jeep returned yesterday with Pawsey's camp bed ...
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    visit to Cheswejumi house tax and khel organization tours Nasa khel Rengatsumi khel Angami <Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 17.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 17th January All today I was on ...
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    visit to Cheswejumi house carvings tours Moza feast Zhatho feast Zine Angami/ of Cheswejumi Angami <Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) Kigwema 17.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Going round and ...
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    visit to Cheswejumi Y posts tours Zhatho feast Angami <Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 17.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Besides the carvings which form a permanent part of the house structu...
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    visit to Cheswejumi boys' dormitories tours Phathilhumi/ of Cheswejumi Angami <Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 17.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 When looking into the house of Phathilhumi, I...
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    visit to Cheswejumi village hospitality tours Angami <Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 17.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As in all Angami villages which I have so far seen, rules of commensal...
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    visit to Thenizumi tours Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (27) 18th January Visited Thenizumi and counted houses. On the way we met a Naga of the village dressed i...
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    visit to Thenizumi cat genna in cases of theft tours tehuba kemovo Thepfuseu Hutton Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Angami Nagas', Hutton Close to Thenizumi, The...
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    visit to Thenizumi khel system tours Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Shortly beyond this spot, I saw the first village gate. Each of the four Khels possess one an...
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    visit to Thenizumi young mens' dormitories tours Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Unlike Cheswejumi, the village builds special houses for its young men and I was ...
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    visit to Thenizumi burial customs tours Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Like other Angamis the villagers bury their dead either in their court yards or close to t...
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    visit to Thenizumi memories of J.H. Hutton tours Hutton Thepfuseu Angami <Eastern Thenizumi 18.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 On the walk back I was told more tales of Dr Hutton. 'If a gaonb...
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    visit to Chezubama memorial stones reflecting sexual conquests tours Thepfuseu Mesezu Angami Dupa Angami Angami <Eastern Chezumi (Chezubama) 19.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (31) 19th Janua...
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    visit to Chezubama stone work and carving tours Angami <Eastern Chezumi (Chezubama) 19.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Stone work in fact is characteristic of the village. Each Khel has a wal...
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    visit to Chezubama grave effigies tours Hutton Tazuho/ of Chezubama Huritsu/ of Chezubama Nengatsumi khel Angami <Eastern Chezumi (Chezubama) Chakrima 19.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Anga...
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    visit to Nerhema memorial to head-takers tours seche Devore Angami/ of Nerhema Peze Angami/ of Nerhema Rudai Nerhema 24.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 24th January This afternoon I went by j...
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    visit to Nerhema stone terraces, graves and house carvings tours Nerhema 24.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The village itself is full of stone terraces, huge circular graves and stone vantag...
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    visit to Nerhema weaving tours Nerhema 24.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 (36) In the village itself a great deal of weaving was in progress. The women sit at their doors with legs and thighs...
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    visit to Tseminyu grave effigies tours Guoselie Angami/ of Chichema Hutton Mills Rengma <Western Tseminyu Chechama (Chichema) 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 25th January This morning I se...
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    visit to Tseminyu tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Rengma Nagas', Mills p. 48 As a jeep was passing, I did the rest of the journey in it and got to Tseminyu ...
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    visit to Tseminyu morungs and morung carvings tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In Angami villages, morungs may exist but you have always to search for them. I...
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  73. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The usual plan is to start with several lines of heads, then some warriors' tails, then more heads and fina...
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  74. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu head-taker's memorial tours Suosimo/ of Tseminyu Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Besides the morung carvings I noticed a great towering pillar pr...
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  75. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu Rengmas and christianity tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Rengma Nagas', Mills In the Rengma Nagas, Mills expressed the fear that christian...
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  76. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu education tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 25.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As the Rengmas are only a small tribe, there are no text books in Rengma and all the children are...
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  77. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu tours Resillo/ of Tseminyu Rengma <Western Tseminyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Rengma Nagas', Mills 26th January Today I went with Resillo dobashi to...
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  78. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu blacksmith tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 In Tseminyu I watched a Rengma blacksmith heating iron and then hammering it into...
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  79. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu girls' dormitory tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 I was then shown a girl's dormitory. Next Previous
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  80. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head-takers' cloth with painted band tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu Tesophenyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The owner of the house had secured a head on...
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  81. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head tree at Tseminyu tours Zukhuli festival Nanyhuo/ of Tseminyu Houseman/ Major Mills Rengma <Western Tseminyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Rengma Na...
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  82. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu Rengma attitude to head-taking tours Mills Rengma <Western 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 'Rengma Nagas', Mills p. 27 As stated in the 'Rengma Nagas' the ...
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  83. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu differences between Tseminyu and Tesophenyu tours Rengma <Western Tseminyu Tesophenyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As Mills has stressed in his book the...
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  84. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head-takers genna and erection of carved posts at Tesophenyu tours zonuophi Tekheni Rengma Zalho Rengma Rengma <Western Tesophenyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14...
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  85. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu morungs with house horns and carved pillar at Tesophenyu tours Rengma <Western Tesophenyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Besides these private houses all ...
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  86. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu girls' dormitory tours Rengma <Western Tesophenyu 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As in Tseminyu, all girls are entered in dormitories from the age of seve...
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  87. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu memories of J.H. Hutton tours Nieghuwa/ of Tesophenyu Hutton Rengma <Western 26.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 A touching tribute to Dr Hutton is in the hous...
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  88. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Wokha tours Lotha Wokha 27.1.1947-28.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 27th January To Wokha a long tiring march. (44) 28th January Spent the morning writing up notes. In the afternoon...
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  89. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Wokha morungs tours Lotha Wokha 27.1.1947-28.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 There is a magnificent new morung standing on the crest. Lotha morungs differ from Angami and Rengma ones...
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  90. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Lungsa tours Lotha Lungsa 29.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 29th January To Lungsa, a Lotha village 4 miles south of Wokha. The village is perched on a ridge and is approached throu...
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  91. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Lungsa morungs tours Lotha Lungsa 29.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 There are three morungs in the village but, as they are all in bad repair, the village boys are at present sleepi...
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  92. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Lungsa head-hunting and bringing back human ears tours puthi Nzuthang/ of Lungsa Hutton Lotha Lungsa 29.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As in other Naga villages traditions of head-h...
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  93. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Lungsa head-takers' cloak with painted band tours Lotha Lungsa Okotso Pangti 29.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 Besides this ritual garb, the genna also entitles the warrior to wear ...
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  94. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Lungsa social gennas tours Wozuya genna Nzuthang/ of Lungsa Phandemo/ of Lungsa Lotha Lungsa 29.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 A number of Lothas have performed social genna and wea...
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  95. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Choio tours Lotha Koio (Choio) Diyung R. (Doyang R.) 30.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 30th January Today on to Choio, a Lotha village straddling a gravelly spur with windy views to...
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  96. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Choio derelict morungs through lack of 'puthi' and the installation of a new 'puthi' tours puthi opya pyotsoja Yankasao/ of Choio Lotha Koio (Choio) 30.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.194...
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  97. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Choio head-taking and bringing back human ears tours Panchama Lotha Koio (Choio) Pangsha 30.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 As in Lungsa, it is now more than twenty years since any h...
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  98. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Choio polygamy and marriage between christians and non-christians tours Khenbemo/ of Choio Lotha Koio (Choio) 30.1.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 The new puthi and a retired gaonbura,...
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  99. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Litami tours Sema Litami Diyung R. (Doyang R.) 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 31st January A long and tiresome march to Litami. The path goes steeply down to the Doyang ...
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  100. typescript tour diary of W.G. Archer, S.D.O. Mokokchung 1947
    visit to Litami inspection bungalow register tours Nye/ Capt. Mills/ J.P. Anderson/ B. Supplee/ George W. Lambert/ Eric Sema Litami 31.1.1947 1.2.1947 Archer/ W.G. 31.12.1946-14.2.1947 1st February En...
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