The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook five

caption: morungs have Neangbas, officials
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
date: 1.9.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 25.8.1936-5.5.1937
refnum: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: The Wanching morungs have also Neang-bas who are not old men (at present):
text: One for Balang, Bala and Totang YOWEI (of Shang-long-hu clan and Bala morung), when he dies his son becomes Neangba.
text: (22) The Neangba of Dzing-shi is YO-NA (Ou-mu-hu), his office is also hereditary.
text: Pandzong Neangba: GEANG-SHAI (Yu-shon-hu).