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:

Message conveying a challenge from Yongnyu village to Chimang village, consisting of a panji (signifying war) and split chilli (pain of decapitation), wrapped in cloth, bound with cane (used for carrying heads). Chang.

medium:

artefacts

ethnicgroup:

Chang

location:

Chimang Younyu (Yongnyu)

size:

8.8cm

production:

ethnicgroup:	Chang
location:	Younyu (Yongnyu)

production:

refnum:

6:83

collection:

person:	Hutton/ J.H.
date:	5.1916

acquirer:

form:	gift
person:	Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
refnum:	1923.84.247

note:

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