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:

head-taker's model man

medium:

notes

keywords:

genna

location:

Khonoma

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	9:23

text:

Re the headtaker's model man, Khonoma all refused to carve and sell one saying it would weaken the Khel in war 'to sell a man' - it was genna to 'make a man' for anyone not of the Khel - the object is to get heads - not to lose them - parting with a little carved figure would be like losing a head.

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