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:

Human skull, lacking lower mandible; 2 horns attached by rattan straps passed through holes in cranium. with strips of yellow leaf in bunches; suspension cord of plaited fibres passed through holes in cranium. Obtained during a ritual head-hunting raid on Yangam village by Yungya village. "Mounted by Roland Ward Ltd., The Jungle, 167 Piccadilly, practical and artistic taxidermists."

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Kalyo-Kengyu

location:

Yang-Am (Yangam) Yungya (Yongya)

size:

67cm (span)

production:

ethnicgroup:	Kalyo-Kengyu
location:	Yang-Am (Yangam)

production:

refnum:

3:24

collection:

person:	Mills/ J.P.
date:	29.10.1925

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Museum of Mankind, London
refnum:	1949.As4.1

note:

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