The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)

caption: Chapter One. The Material Background
caption: chief's houses enormous in Thendu villages
medium: books
ethnicgroup: Konyak
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf/ C.
date: 1969
refnum: with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York23:2
text: In Thendu villages the chief's house occupied a dominant position both physically and socially, and often, in its enormous size, overshadowed even the bachelors' halls. There were also other differences in the layout of Thendu and Thenkoh villages.