The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

diaries kept by Ursula Graham Bower on visits to Manipur and North Cachar between 1937 and 1940

caption: Kabui Naga weaving and cloth terms
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Kabui
production:
person: Graham Bower/ Ursula
acquirer:
person: private collection
text: (176)
text: Kabui.
_sellam_or_selam_=_dance_sash_(dark_blue)
_kung____________=_orchid-skin_on_same
_zu-pang_________=_red_goat's_hair_on_same
_khu-pail-khla
_hu-pail-hla_____=_woman's_white_sash
_hu-pai__________=_big_cloth_(overcoat)
_paisuaisung
___or
_langmunpuisuai_=_woman's_dance_skirt
_(179)
_pai____________=_cloth
_pai-dak-nak____=_weaving
_lang___________=_cotton
_nakgoum________=_paddy
_nu_lau_________=_field
_bhaeng_________=_knife
_bhaeng-zu______=_dancing-dao
_ka_____________=_back-basket
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