The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

miscellaneous papers, notebooks and letters on Nagas by Ursula Graham Bower, 1937-1947

caption: digging sticks
medium: notes
person: Namkia
ethnicgroup: Zemi
production:
person: Graham Bower/ Ursula
date: 1937-1946
acquirer:
person: private collection
text: TRADITIONS
text: Many years ago, many, many years, the Nagas only had a few daos, which belonged to wealthy men; but they made digging sticks, and the ordinary people dug their fields with them and got a little rice.
text: N.I.