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:

Rich woman's skirt - the only garment worn (except a blanket when cold). Narrow strip of woven cotton, with thin lines of pink, blue and khaki. One end is ornamented with a panel of sewn patterns in coloured wools, of exceptional detail and excellence. 3 rupees. Konyak, Shiong village.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Shiong

size:

110 x 12.5 (width of patterned area)cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Konyak
location:	Shiong

production:

refnum:

5:113

collection:

person:	Balfour
date:	1922

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1953.10.31

note:

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