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:

Ear ornament set, in bamboo tube, for young man, comprising: a) two pith ear plugs called ngyia, imitating conch-spines, b) small fans pf red miniver feathers called ngeruinami (red birds feathers) worn with a). Given to donor by her chaudikar, Ramzimba, when she left Laisong in May 1940 in consequence of rumours of trouble among the Zemi. Zemi, Laisong village.

medium:

artefacts

person:

Ramzimba/ of Laisong

ethnicgroup:

Zemi

location:

Laisong

size:

18.5cm (tube)

production:

ethnicgroup:	Zemi
location:	Laisong

production:

refnum:

6:69

collection:

person:	Graham Bower/ Ursula
date:	5.1940

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1948.12.8

note:

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