The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

sketches from P.C. Basu, Head-dress of the Hill-Tribes of Assam. JASB, xxv, 1929

medium: sketches
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person: Basu/ P.C.
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Caption:fig. 2 common Naga twill plaiting
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Caption:fig. 5 texture of Lhota Naga twill pattern
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Caption:fig. 1 texture of twill plaiting showing the abrupt change in the direction of weaving
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Caption:fig. 2 Cachar type of rain cover; fig. 3 technique of weaving in the Cachar type of rain cover
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Caption:fig. 4 & 5 decorations of feather - those marked in cross are red
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Caption:fig. 1. ring-shaped cap, Banpara type
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Caption:Naga hat with crescent of buffalo horn