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:

Spoon of white wood for rice beer. The bowl is round and saucer-like with a small foot: the handle carved in curious curves. Flat on the top and ridged beneath with flat edges. At the end of the handle is a kite-shaped projection (?bird's crest: end of handle is said to represent a bird's head). Pattern is said to be modern. Western Angami, Kohima village.

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artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Angami <Western

location:

Kohima

size:

26cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Angami (Western)
location:	Kohima

production:

refnum:

6:52

collection:

person:	Mills/ J.P.
date:	1.1931

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1928.69.1505

note:

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