The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary five

caption: houses for the dead with carved wooden figures
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Chingphoi
date: 4.5.1937
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 1.4.1937-26.6.1937
note: translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: Still within the fence I noticed a small house for the dead with two large carved figures in front and a plaited bowl containing small food offerings. The figures are richly decorated and have facial tattoos painted on
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