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: Athapuka, toy bull-roarer of light wood, the cord attached to a stick. When children use it they are usually stopped by the old men who think that the sound attracts tigers. Rough designs include a human figure, drawn in charcoal. S. Sangtam, Phorr village.
medium: artefacts
ethnicgroup: Sangtam <Southern
location: Purr (Phorr)
size:33cm
production:
ethnicgroup: Sangtam (Southern)
location: Purr (Phorr)
production:
refnum: 4:192
collection:
person: Hutton/ J.H.
acquirer:
form: gift
person: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
date: 1927
refnum: 1923.85.448
note: descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise stated