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: new house ritual
medium: notes
production:
person: Graham Bower/ Ursula
date: 1937-1946
acquirer:
person: private collection
text: Houses
text: When a new house is completed and the family move in, a dog must be put up on the bed for a few seconds before anyone may sleep on it.