The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

illustrations from 'Customs of the World'

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caption: the village guard. At the entrance gate to a Naga village there is a warrior on guard duty. Their spears are stuck in the ground behind them. Their dress and aprons, embroidered with white cowries, are hung on the gateway posts: the patterns, like tartans, differ in the various clans.
medium: photographs
note: (photo by W.H. Furness 3rd) (p.1178)