The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption: head receiving feasts and dances in Wakching
caption: Niengba performs ceremony in front of the Aukheang morung
medium: photographs
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 17.1.19376.1936-5.1937
refnum: 35mm negatives60/25-27 (reversed)
acquirer:
person: private collection
clip:
Caption:gifts of rice and madhu for the Niengba
clip:
Caption:sprinkling rice on the head
clip:
Caption:performing an augury on chicken's entrails