The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption: plaited balls representing heads
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Sangtam
location: Chare
date: 13.11.1936
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: Two rows of plaited balls hang down from the gable of an old man's house representing the heads he has captured