The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters
    1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:12 Namsang death rituals notes bihu Namsang Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:12 Death. Namsang. 9-15 days after death the head is taken from the corpse. A little bamboo table is made and draped with a cloth. The skull is put on top - kept there until Bihu. Then at Bihu a ..
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