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:

forked mithan post

medium:

diaries

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Totok

date:

4.9.1970

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	12.8.1970-9.9.1970

acquirer:

person:

private collection

text:

A peculiarity of the village are the many clusters of forked posts, which stand in front of the houses. They are put up on the occasion of sacrifices of mithan and buffaloes, but never of bulls or cows.

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