The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary three

caption: horns and pieces of broken plate as decoration
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Kalyo Kengyu
location: Panso
date: 5.12.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 28.11.1936-11.2.1937
note: translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: I forgot to mention two parts of the dancers' outfit. One part are the flat transparent horns which decorate some of the hats, the other are pieces from the rims of enamel plates which many wear as neck ornaments
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