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:

skull of a boy - son of the gaonbura of the Aiabung morung, Namsang - surrounded by ornaments worn by boys, laid out on a cloth in the sun. At mealtimes food is put into the plaited bowl in front for the dead son

medium:

photographs

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Namsang

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	21.3.1937 6.1936-5.1937
refnum:	35mm negatives 75/17-18

acquirer:

person:

private collection