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:

gateways

medium:

notes

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Wakching Shiong

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	12:23

text:

Konyaks. No gates but Wakching has substantial thatched gateways at all the village entrances. Built on a rocky hill - rocky paths go steeply up - the morung at the edge with covered look-out platforms with airy views.

text:

Shiong - similar thatched gateways flanked with tall bamboo fence.

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