The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

black and white photographs taken by Capt. L.E. Macgregor

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caption:

important Naga chief and his family. The head-dress consists of a wicker hat adorned with boar tusks, human hair of person killed in a raid, and horn-bills.

medium:

photographs

person:

Mitchell/ H.J.

production:

person:	Macgregor/ Capt. L.E.
date:	27.12.1929-26.4.1930
note:	Government of Burma Upper Chindwin Expedition, 27.12.1929-26.4.1930, to punish and suppress human sacrifice, slavery, theft; settle feuds; encourage road-maintenance; settle Burma-Assam boundary. Under H.J. Mitchell, Capt. L.E. Macgregor of Military Police.

acquirer:

person:	Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge
refnum:	1:37d

note:

documentation from original source unless in square brackets