The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf notebook two

caption: the special seats of Angs
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Oting
date: 29.7.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 23.6.1936-6.1937
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: (125) The Angs of Mon and Chi have wooden seats on which not even his brothers may sit. The Ang of Oting has a seat, but his relatives may sit on it.
text: In Oting the Ang doesn't rule as an autocrat; there is a council of the clan elders which decides matters.
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