The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills

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caption: A corpse-platform built on piles on which is hung gourds that tally the number of heads taken by the deceased during his lifetime. Ao, Waromung village.
medium: photographs
ethnicgroup: Ao
location: Waromung
production:
person: Mills/ J.P.
date: 1918-1945
note: documentation based on catalogue by Betty von Furer-Haimendorf unless uncatalogued, in which case text within square brackets
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies, London
refnum: 37/JPM/JPM
seealso: Mills, Ao Nagas, 280