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:

Dao, elongated form with hollow crescentic end. A long sleeve at near end embraces the wooden handle, has a socket at end of handle into which is pegged a wooden ornament bearing cowrie lips, and red, black and white dog hair. Kalyo-Kengyu, the handle Chang or Sema.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Kalyo-Kengyu Chang Sema

size:

80cm

production:

ethnicgroup:

Kalyo-Kengyu Chang Sema

production:

refnum:

2:144

collection:

person:

Hutton/ J.H.

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
date:	1947
refnum:	47.511a

note:

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