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:

log-drums

medium:

notes

person:

Ayunglongre khel

location:

Chongtore

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	5:42

text:

Ayunglongre khel of Chongtore.

text:

Log drum in a shed with a very thick thatch - a piece of wood like a 'clothes-hanger' = '2 hornbills' beaks' is for suspending skulls (all fallen). A wooden fish with scales in black hanging up 'so that when we fish the drum will give us a good catch' - + a wooden fish's tail hanging up - a thin neck and face.

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