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:

Crudely-carved figure of a bird, of soft white wood, with a few touches of black pigment. The wings were made separately (now fixed by glue for safety). It hung outside a resting and guard shed on the main track, and may represent a hornbill. Ao, Longsa village.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

location:

Longsa

size:

28cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Ao
location:	Longsa

production:

refnum:

5:142

collection:

person:	Balfour
date:	29.10.1923

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1953.10.110

note:

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