The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters

caption:

house carving

medium:

notes

ethnicgroup:

location:

Lakhuni

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	15:7

text:

Ao, Lakhuni. A rich man's house - cross-board with carvings of hornbills-

text:

mithan (fully)

text:

snake

text:

a centre board with leopard, a little bird and a rhinoceros - put up 6 years ago - 1941 - carved by the best carpenter in the village - the rhinoceros copied from a book - Ao name Untok

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