The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption: grave of rich man with bamboo poles and skulls
medium: diaries
location: Lirisu
date: 16.11.1936
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: The only thing remarkable was the grave of a rich man with an endless row of mithan, cattle and pig skulls in front, all stuck on sticks