The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources

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Cane-work hat ornamented with two thin laminae of mithan horn, two crescent pieces of brass, the skin and forelegs of a monitor, and two carved wooden heads. Long fringes of human hair hang from the horn tips and from a cane stuck in the top of the hat. From Wong, Longkhai village, Konyak.

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14cm (height of cap)

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ethnicgroup:	Konyak
location:	Longkhai

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4:217

collection:

person:	Mills/ J.P.
date:	8.10.1923

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1928.69.590

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