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:

Bundle of thin wooden models of iron chabili, the old iron currency used by Aos and Sangtams. These models are put on the roof-trees to symbolize wealth. Chongtore village, Northern Sangtam.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Ao Sangtam

location:

Chongtore

size:

62cm

production:

ethnicgroup:

Sangtam

production:

refnum:

3:235

collection:

person:	Mills/ J.P.
date:	16.11.1936

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
date:	1936
refnum:	1934.82.221

note:

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