The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

Furer-Haimendorf manuscript spiral bound notebook two

caption: history of Angs
medium: notes
person: Tong-am/ of Joboka
ethnicgroup: Konyak
date: 10.7.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 2.6.1936-12.1936
note: [konyak] means text omitted
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: (29) Sometime ago Tong-am the Ang of Joboka was wounded by the Ang of Yangnyu, then they went to war and Yangnyu was badly defeated. So they agreed to turn out their Ang and set fire to his house. Then they took a Joboka Ang, Wan-kau. He died then Wan-lei was was sent by Joboka, then he died and now his son Au- wang is Ang of Yangyu, and yet Yangyu and Joboka go to war against each other.
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