The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary four

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tattooing of the neck of headhunters

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person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	12.2.1937-31.3.1937
note:	translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes

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School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

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I notice a fresh tattoo on all young men and even on some older ones which is a grid pattern across that part of the cheeks which are usually left free from tattoos as these move in wide bands around the eyes, nose and mouth. This tattoo is darker than the old one and I hear that the ceremonies in connection with the Pangsha head has given them the right to this

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