The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption:

buying single-string violin

medium:

diaries

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Tanhai

date:

18.10.1936

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	2.6.1936-11.7.1937
note:	translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes

acquirer:

person:

School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

text:

In Tanhai I bought a strange violin-like instrument of which the sound-box is a short bamboo section. With the help of a bow rather screeching noises are made on the single string. There is no possibility of regulating the level of tone.

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