The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook seven

caption: tiger's head genna
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Kongan
date: 25.9.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 23.9.1936-21.3.1937
refnum: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: (48) The same gennas made with a human head, are made with a tiger's head. It is first placed on the drum and then taken to the head tree.
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