The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970

caption:

Christianity ended rites ; head-hunting tattoos as result of 1937 expedition

medium:

diaries

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Shiong

date:

31.8.1970

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	12.8.1970-9.9.1970

acquirer:

person:

private collection

text:

Shiong is totally Christian and no more rites are performed. What a contrast to 1937 when the bringing of a piece of Pangsha skull was the occasion for the full head hunting rites. A result of those celebrations are the tattoos on the faces on several middle-aged men. A gaonbura told me that the tattoo covering his whole face was made after those celebrations.

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