The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources

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caption:

(left) Bronze armlet, origin unknown, not made nowadays, light in weight, 11 spikes standing out. Worn by rich women. (right) brass armlet with conical projections. Konyak, (left) Wakching village.

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artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Wakching

size:

13cm. dia.

production:

refnum:

2:72

collection:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf Hutton/ J.H.
date:	1936-1937

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
date:	1940
refnum:	37.1081 (left)40.257b (right)

note:

descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise stated

note:

very old; probably heirloom artefacts, not made in the Naga Hills. Hansjorg Mayer.