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: Jawbone of a dog hung from the lentel of a house to keep away spirits. The dog spirit barks when spirits approach. Sema, Mishilimi village
medium: artefacts
ethnicgroup: Sema
location: Mishilimi
size:9cm
production:
ethnicgroup: Sema
location: Mishilimi
production:
refnum: 4:175
collection:
person: Mills/ J.P.
date: 17.2.1925
acquirer:
form: gift
person: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum: 1928.69.886
note: descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise stated