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: mithan carvings
medium: notes
keywords: zhatho gennathesa genna
person: Yakhele AngamiZakamvu (Zkamoh) Angami
ethnicgroup: Angami
location: Kohima
production:
person: Archer/ W.G.
date: 1946-1948
refnum: 15:13
text: Angami. Mithan carvings. (gennas)
text: Kohima - very scarce. One house had mithan horns carved like daos. SKETCH
text: Yakhele Angami - painted mithan heads along the front panels - but no house horns 5-7 6.3 1/30
text: Zakamvu Angami - a wooden mithan post erected the Thesa genna. 7-8 6.3
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