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:

Jews harp of bamboo with one end attached to a cane cylinder worn in the ear: used by both sexes. At the other end is the jerking string with a bunch of bamboo shavings tied to the end. The edges of the bamboo are serrated. The tongue is weighted with wax. Konyak, Chi village.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Chi

size:

9.5cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Konyak
location:	Chi

production:

refnum:

5:228

collection:

person:	Hutton/ J.H.Mills/ J.P.
date:	22.10.1923

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1923.35.307

note:

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