The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources

caption: Figurines, a man and a woman carved of grey stone. The body is quadrangular, the head rounded, the face heart-shaped with central ridge for nose. Breasts slightly indicated (woman). Arms and legs carved in relief. Necklace painted brown, black and white. Body cloth and kilt black with white 'belt' and band or kilt (woman), kilt black with white belt and two cross bars (man) . Arm ornaments white. Ear ornaments of black and red wool, and white cotton pads (man only). Hair is painted black behind. E. Angami, Chizami village.
medium: artefacts
ethnicgroup: Angami <Eastern
location: Chizami
size:27cm
production:
ethnicgroup: Angami (Eastern)
location: Chizami
production:
refnum: 5:144-145
collection:
person: Mills/ J.P.
date: 1932
acquirer:
form: gift
person: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum: 1928.69.1582/1583
clip:
Caption:man
clip:
Caption:woman
note: descriptions derived from original source material unless in square brackets or otherwise stated