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naga millsphot P47966.jpg Head-hunting ritual: widow of warrior slain on raid is dressed in warrior's cane hat and carrying ceremonial dao, awaits return of warring party sent to avenge her husband's ...
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naga millsphot P47967.jpg [men sitting on raised platform outside a morung at Kamahu] photographs Kamahu Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless unc...
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naga millsphot P47968.jpg Men squatting in the long grass and objecting to the passage of a Government column. Konyak (Unadministered area), Yonghong village. photographs Konyak Yonghong Mills/ J.P. 1...
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naga millsphot P47969.jpg Two girls wearing hair fillets, large ear studs, bead necklaces and narrow cotton skirts, characteristic of the Konyak tribe. Hungphoi village. photographs Konyak Hungphoi Mi...
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naga millsphot P47970.jpg Head-hunting ritual: monolith and associated horizontal stone on which captured enemies' heads are placed during head-taking ceremonies: Man, chief (Ang) standing beside mono...
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naga millsphot P47971.jpg Skull trophies arranged on rows of wooden shelves in the men's house (morung) which is attached to the house of the chief (Ang) of the village. Konyak, Chi village. photograp...
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naga millsphot P47972.jpg Man holding head-trophy decorated with mithan horns and tassels of palmyra. (This head had been recently captured and hung up in the men's house, morung, from where it was ta...
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naga millsphot P47973.jpg High bamboo platform erected at back of dwelling-house which is used as a family work- and play-room. Konyak, Yungya village. photographs Konyak Yungya Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 ...
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naga millsphot P47974.jpg At harvest time offerings of rice beer and grain contained in gourds and bamboo receptacles are hung up on poles set up outside the houses of those who died during the previo...
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naga millsphot P47975.jpg Mixed gang of girls and boys weeding a hill (jhum) field. Ao. photographs Ao Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncat...
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naga millsphot P47976.jpg Two women (mother and daughter), sitting on rear platform of house: they wear the characteristic narrow cotton skirt of the Konyaks, and the young girl has the metal armlets ...
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naga millsphot P47977.jpg Woman with shaved head, which indicates her slave status. Konyak, Lunglam village. photographs Konyak Lunglam Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty ...
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naga millsphot P47978.jpg Head-hunting ritual: Young man, son of chief of Chi, showing new tattoo on his chest. This tattoo was executed after a head had been taken on his behalf. Konyak, Chi village....
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naga millsphot P47979.jpg Man wearing the tight cane belt, characteristic of the Konyaks, and a short cotton apron. Konyak, Shiong village. photographs Konyak Shiong Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentatio...
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naga millsphot P47980.jpg Young man in ceremonial dress, wearing cowrie apron and gauntlets, ivory armlets and the insignia of a head-taker: necklet of three boar's tusks, helmet tufted with hair and ...
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naga millsphot P47981.jpg Women dressed in narrow cotton skirts fastened at one side which are characteristic of the Eastern Konyaks: they wear many bead necklaces and carry wood in plaited cane baske...
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naga millsphot P47982.jpg Front view of bachelor's hall (morung) showing elaborately carved house-posts. In front of the building is the dance place, in the centre of which is the small monolith to wh...
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naga millsphot P47983.jpg Men sitting on the raised platform outside a bachelor's hall (morung); the gable of the building is decorated with an imitation human skull. Konyak, Kamahu village. photograp...
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naga millsphot P47984.jpg Women wearing characteristic narrow skirt and many bead necklaces. Konyak, Lapa village. photographs Konyak Lapa Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Bet...
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naga millsphot P47985.jpg Chief (Ang) of Chi. He wears a cane helmet with hornbill feathers and boar's tusks, and ear-ornaments of conch-shell, tasselled with feathers; both these articles of dress ar...
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naga millsphot P47986.jpg Man and woman in the dress characteristic of the Eastern Konyaks. Man wears a long apron (lengta) and a wide belt and the insignia of a head-taker: plaited-cane hat decorated...
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naga millsphot P47987.jpg naga millsphot P47989.jpg Two men wearing tight cane-belts, palmyra caps, bead necklaces, ivory armlets and long aprons (lengta); one man wears a woven bag slung over one sho...
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naga millsphot P47988.jpg [Kuki family] photographs Kuki Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brac...
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naga millsphot P47990.jpg Man in ceremonial dress, wearing head-taker's insignia: cane helmet decorated with tasselled horns and boar's tusks, triple boar's tusk neck ornament, and chest pendant carve...
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naga millsphot P47991.jpg Dwelling house of a man who has given a series of Feasts of Merit. The central post is carved with mithan horns and hornbill tails, the cross beam bears representations of wo...
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naga millsphot P47993.jpg Soul effigies carved of wood and put up near the place of funeral: the effigies are put up in pairs (one representing the deceased and the other a companion), and are accompa...
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naga millsphot P47994.jpg Secondary disposal of skull in sandstone funerary cist: this takes place after it has been removed from the corpse platform. The design painted on the skull is a replica of t...
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naga millsphot P47995.jpg Skull prepared for secondary disposal in stone cist; the design painted on skull is a replica of deceased's chest tattoo which denoted his rank as a head-taker. (The skull wa...
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naga millsphot P47996.jpg View of village street that shows the houses standing each in its own plot. the houses are built of bamboo wattle with grass thatched roofs: they have apse-like ends which ar...
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naga millsphot P47997.jpg Wooden soul effigy set up in a temporary shelter on funeral ground. The effigy is a miniature figure dressed in warrior's attire and represents the deceased. Konyak, Zakkho v...
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naga millsphot P47998.jpg Men poling dug-outs into mid-stream. Dug-outs are only made by Nagas of this area. Diyung River. photographs Lhota Diyung R. Mills/ J.P. 1918-1945 documentation based on cata...
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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 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 ...
Last modification: on 02 Nov 2011 at 16:07:44 - black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills
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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