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:

Anungrang khel

location:

Anangba

production:

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

text:

Anungrang khel of Anangba.

text:

The log drum has a long thin neck ending in a swollen bulb - the front of the drum is open so that you can see right down it cf. Kalyu Kenyu pattern. A line of basket heads dangling over a skull.

text:

The log drum shed is almost always next to the house of the founder of the khel.

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