The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

black and white photographs taken by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937

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caption: Wakching men accompanying the head to Wakching
medium: photographs
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 18.12.19366.1936-5.1937
refnum: 35mm negatives50/25-33
acquirer:
person: private collection
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Caption:men with faces decorated with white chalk
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Caption:man with his eyes circled in white chalk
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Caption:man beating a gong
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Caption:small boys in ceremonial dress