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:

Man's finger-tip, cut off a finger of his right hand to testify to the truth of his testimony in an adultery case in which he claimed to be a witness, when his statement was questioned by the village panchayat in court. Sema, Ghukiya village.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Sema

location:

Ghukiya

size:

2cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Sema
location:	Ghukiya

production:

refnum:

4:177

collection:

person:	Hutton/ J.H.
date:	3.10.1926

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1923.85.455

note:

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