The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report back to Wokha via Nidzukru; Butler's death; orders to return to Golaghat; warning of likely attack at the Doiang river by Pangti men and people of Rechim tours Needham I...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  2. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix B. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. Ogle Wanching (Tablung) 7.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX B. Dated Tablung, Naga Hills, the 7th February, 1876. From- H.M.HINDE,ESQ., Assis...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  3. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix B. H.M. Hinde's report surveying tours Ogle Babu Jan Lungkam (Nankam) Aliba (Alibar) Mangmethang (Mungatung) Cholimsen (Mukhigaon) Mongchen (Munching) Waromung (Waromang) Dibuia (Dibua) Molun...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  4. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. 7.5.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX C. No.15M., dated Jaipur, the 7th May, 1876. From- H. M. HINDE,ESQ., Extra-Assistant-Commissioner, Jaipur...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  5. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report from Tablung to Namsang via Kongan tours Ogle Kongan Namsang Dikhu R. (Diku R.) 9.2.1876-11.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 2. I have already, in my letter dated Tabl...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  6. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report to Kanching tours Ogle Kanching Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) 12.2.1876-15.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 6. On the 12th February, I marched from the Dikhu to Kanchin...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  7. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report missionary converts in Deka Haimong tours Babu Godula 16.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 9. On the 16th, we made a short march into Deka Haimong, where we had to halt...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  8. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report Deka Haimong and Bura Haimong ask for protection against villages from the interior and offer to pay house tax tours Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) Yimchenkimung (Bura Ha...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  9. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report warring villages and the difficulty of travelling in the hills tours Lhota Hatigoria Mongchen (Munching) Waromung (Woramong) Cholimsen (Mukhigaon) Changki Mekula Lakhut...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  10. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report to Pangti; unfriendliness at Nankam tours Pangti Lungkam (Nankam) Okotso Mangmethang (Mungatung) 25.2.1876-1.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 16. On the 25th February,...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  11. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report Pangti burnt; Changse and Rechim rebuilt tours Pangti Changsu (Changse) Rephyim (Rechim) 2.3.1876-5.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 19. We were unable to leave Nankam...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  12. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. 6.5.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX D. No.14 M., dated Jaipur, the 6th May,1876. From- H. M. HINDE, ESQ., Civil Officer on Duty, Naga Hills S...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  13. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report poverty in the Terai region thus difficulty in getting rice tours Baker/ Mr. Charaidee (Chorai-deo) Nazira Punkhung (Punlung) Chintak 2.4.1876-8.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G....
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  14. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report description of Malung and Borchangna; to Naissia tours Mulung Niassia Borchangna 9.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 3. After staying four entire days at this camp, we ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  15. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report lack of interpreters; Lonkao village's fear of being burnt by the British tours Lonkao Maihua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 After leaving Niassia, we found that none of th...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  16. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report Nagas ask for peace; depot established at Borbanchang tours Jaipur Borbanchang Senua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 4. Next day we marched into Borbanchang, passing through...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  17. published - 'Report of the Survey Operations in the Naga Hills 1875-1876' by Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe
    Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report destitution found in villages east of Tablung; famine caused by plague of rats; opium addiction tours Clark/ Mr. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 6. The villages along the ou...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  18. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    introduction notes Godwin-Austen Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (46) Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting The So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Fr...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  19. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    meaning of the term 'Naga'; village names notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Naga tribes inhabit the hills south-east of Assam, dividing that pro...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  20. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Capt. Butler, first British agent in the Naga Hills notes Butler Samaguting Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 It will be unnecessary to refer at any lengt...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  21. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    geography notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Although the home of so many diverse tribes, the character of the country is much the same throughout, a...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  22. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    gold; population notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In former times these rivers were worked for gold by the Assamese, but the precious metal was not...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  23. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    kilted and non-kilted notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Speaking generally, the Nagas may be divided into two great sections, viz.: (1) the k...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  24. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    physical description of Angamis; hair-style notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The average height of the Angamis is 5 feet 9 inches (some atta...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  25. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami kilts; cowries; cloths; coronet of bears' hair; hornbill feathers notes Angami Mao Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The kilt, the principal distin...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  26. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami ear ornaments; necklaces and neck ornaments notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The chief ornament for the ear is a very handsome one. I...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  27. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami armlets of elephant tusk notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Armlets made of single slices of elephants' tusks, 2 inches wide, and small...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  28. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami cane leggings notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Leggings are made of red and yellow cane work, and follow somewhat the shape of the le...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  29. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami women: physique and dress notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women, like the men, are on the average taller than the women of most ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  30. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami women's dress; women's work notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a small blue or black petticoat, a strip o...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  31. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    food: cows, pigs. goats, fowls; roast dog notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas generally breed cows, pigs, goats, and fowls, for purpo...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  32. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami villages; fortifications: pit-falls, panjis, gates notes Angami Kohima (Kohimah) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angami villages are almost a...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  33. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    roads notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The roads in the higher hills are constructed with considerable skill, the more precipitous slopes be...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  34. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    graves; wooden effigies; conch-shell neck ornaments notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Inside the villages, and also lining the approaches to ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  35. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    monoliths notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Very noticeable objects among these hills are the long rows of huge monoliths, which are either m...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  36. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Eastern Angamis: physique and dress notes Angami <Eastern Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These remarks on the Western Angamis apply to their brethren o...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  37. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses and house decoration; daos notes Angami <Eastern Razama (Razami) Thetcholumi Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses of these people are rathe...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  38. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    language; enemy heads notes Angami <Eastern Sehmah Ungomah Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 At one village called Ungomah we came across some men who, th...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  39. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    general observations on the Angamis; song and dance notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis struck us as a very cheerful, frank, hospit...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  40. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Angami blood feuds notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Bloodthirsty, treacherous, and revengeful all Nagas, even the best are, and the Angami, ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  41. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    village government; headmen notes Butler Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis, as indeed the Nagas in general, have no settled form of gov...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  42. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    thoughts on an after-life notes Holcombe/ Lt. Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas in general have very vague ideas of religion or of a futu...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  43. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    belief in spirits notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Whatever may be their belief in a god or a future state, it is certain that they believe in an i...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  44. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    attempts to mislead British notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas would frequently try to mislead us as to our road, by planting small ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  45. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    oracles notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 I remember once, just after Captain Butler's death, when we were again advancing into the hills, coming ac...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  46. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    protecting a village by sacrificing a puppy; omens; ceremony notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 On another occasion we had gone about three miles fro...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  47. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    taboos notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the Angamis a description of "Tabu" is very much in vogue. It is declared on every occasion; on the b...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  48. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    conveying hostile messages notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Captain Butler mentions the following instances of their expressive manner of em...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  49. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 DISCUSSION Next Previous
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  50. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    comments by Col. H. Godwin-Austen; burial customs notes Godwin-Austen/ Col. H. Buckland/ Miss Asalu Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel H. Godwin-Au...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  51. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    comments by Mr Keane; physique and language notes Keane/ Mr Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mr Keane regarded Col. Woodthorpe's able and richly illustra...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  52. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    reply - hair and feathers notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel Woodthorpe, replying to Mr Keane, said that the hair of the Angamis is generally...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  53. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (63) PART II Next Previous
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  54. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    un-kilted Nagas notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In my last paper I dealt only with the Angamis, or kilted Nagas, who, as I then stated, are distin...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  55. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    unflattering description of Rengmahs, Sehmahs and Lhotas; goitres; hair-style notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The tribes comm...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  56. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    dirt; pipes notes Brown/ Dr Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Notwithstanding all my previous experience of hill-men, I was quite unp...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  57. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Rengmah 'tails'; dress notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Rengmahs are particularly noticeable for the peculiar tail which t...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  58. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    shields; belief that moisture could repel bullets; weapons: bows and arrows notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the other t...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  59. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    bachelor's houses (morung) notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A peculiarity among all these non-kilted tribes, which again disti...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  60. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    house styles; fortifications; head-tree notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A practice common to all, though, as we have seen, no...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  61. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    cultivation - "jooming" notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A few words concerning the manner of cultivating will suffice for all...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  62. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    language; physique; dress; weapons notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (67) Passing along the hills in a north-easterly ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  63. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's dress; ear decorations; tattoos; smoking notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a sma...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  64. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    village fortifications; gates; lookouts; morung; carvings; log-drum; posts notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The villa...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  65. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of the dead; violent deaths notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Mongsenyimti (Boralangi) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The bodies of the dea...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  66. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    roads notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Hatigorias, as road engineers, far surpass their neighbours. Their roads a...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  67. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    tattoos; physique notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We pass on now to the tribes lying to the north-east of these we have just been cons...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  68. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    villages; morungs; carvings; skulls decorated with horns notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A general description of the villages, &amp;c...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  69. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses in these villages are similar to those already described being raised from the groun...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  70. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    widows; 'groom service' notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 When and old woman is left a widow and without a home, her son (or nearest rel...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  71. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    skulls; Y posts notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In some villages the skull trophies are not placed in the morang, but are placed in fr...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  72. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of corpses notes Naked Nagas Wanching (Tablung) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dead are sometimes as at Tablung, &amp;c., wrapped tightly...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  73. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    tattoos notes Naked Nagas Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men of this tribe tattoo on the chest after taking their first head. The pattern consists ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  74. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Naga tribe near Yangmun river notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In the valley of the Yangmun river is an interesting tribe o...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  75. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    lack of tattooing; women's hair-style; women's dress; house decoration notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 There is very littl...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  76. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    granaries; 'rainbow' memorials notes Hutton Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 They build a large number of granaries in their fiel...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  77. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    stone viaduct; weapons: daos, bows notes Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In one village here we saw a very fine stone viaduct ac...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  78. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    murder of Lt. Holcombe, 1875 notes Holcombe/ Lt. Badgley/ Capt. Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We now come to the ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  79. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    physique; tattooing notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men are of average height and nearly all well made an...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  80. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    hair-style notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 All the men of these tribes dress their hair in a similar fashion,...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  81. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    helmets notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 As we proceed eastwards from the Angamis we find a taste for helmets ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  82. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    cane armlets; broad brass belts; cowrie bracelets notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 From the shoulders to the e...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  83. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ornaments; men naked until married notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Voka Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These Nagas are very skilful in devis...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  84. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's physique; tattoos notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women of these Eastern tribes are short in stat...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  85. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    dangers of tattooing notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The operation of tattooing is sometimes attended with fa...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  86. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    women's dress notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dress of the women consists principally of a very small pet...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  87. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    weapons: daos, spears notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The arms are, as usual, the dao, spear and crossbow. Th...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  88. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    gongs and bells; walking sticks notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (79) Gongs, which probably come indirectly fr...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  89. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    fortifications notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Borbanchang (Bor Bansang) Senua Niao Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The villages are not alwa...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  90. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    houses notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses are generally scattered up and down without any attempt at ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  91. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Vangam's or headman's house; log-drum; morungs; skulls notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Mutan (Bor Mutan) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The ...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  92. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    methods of making peace notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Niao Senua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Between two villages we saw by the roadsid...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  93. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    treatment of the dead; cairns notes Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dead are wrapped in mats and placed on plat...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  94. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    life of a surveyor in the Naga Hills notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In my paper on the Angamis I have said all that we know, or that I, at any ra...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  95. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Discussion Next Previous
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  96. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Col. H. Godwin-Austen's comments on the variety of languages; the prevalence of goitres; symbolic patterns on cloths and shields; treatment of the dead notes Godwin-Austen/ Col. H. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 18...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  97. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    Mr Hyde Clarke's comments on the diversity of languages notes Hyde Clarke/ Mr Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mr Hyde Clarke, in responding to Col. Godw...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  98. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    terraced fields; salt wells notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel Woodthorpe, replying to the President and Colonel Keating, said that th...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  99. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Summary of postal charges to individuals and to the service tours Ogle Tulloch/ Col Hinde Wokha Lakhuti Pangti 22.12.1875-8.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Wokha D...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14
  100. part of original tour diary of Lt. R.G. Woodthorpe 1876
    Anxiously awaiting outcome of a severe wound inflicted on Capt Butler in an attack tours Elliott Butler/ Capt Butler/ Walter Tulloch/ Col Lungkam (Nankam) Are Pangti 1.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-187...
    Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:08:14