The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 naga objects C614.jpg naga objects C614.jpg naga objects C614.jpg nagaobjectsC614.jpg nagaobjectsC614.jpg Tiger's canine tooth on which oaths have been taken. artefacts error 4:179 Mills J.P. gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 ..
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  2. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Konyak Ao naga objects C619.jpg naga objects C619.jpg naga objects C619.jpg nagaobjectsC619.jpg nagaobjectsC619.jpg Two tattooing needles of quill in bamboo holders; the quills being bound together with blue thread. The bamboo holder when used is ..
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  3. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Konyak naga objects C638.jpg naga objects C638.jpg naga objects C638.jpg nagaobjectsC638.jpg nagaobjectsC638.jpg Man's hat made of pieces of bear skin sewn into a conical hat. A boar's tusk is attached on either side. Konyak, Okha village. ..
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  4. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Sema naga objects C664.jpg naga objects C664.jpg naga objects C664.jpg nagaobjectsC664.jpg nagaobjectsC664.jpg Bull-roarer derivative, hung up in doorway of house to avert evil spirits, with wax-painted designs. Sema, Mishilimi, Doiang valley. ..
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  5. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Sema naga objects C665.jpg naga objects C665.jpg naga objects C665.jpg nagaobjectsC665.jpg nagaobjectsC665.jpg Bull-roarer derivative, squared variety. Hung up in doorway of a house to avert spirits; painted with wide wax lines. Sema, Mishilimi ..
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  6. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Ao (Chongli) naga objects C720.jpg naga objects C720.jpg naga objects C720.jpg nagaobjectsC720.jpg nagaobjectsC720.jpg Suvangsu (Chongli Ao), worn by a man of Chamir phratry who has done genna with a share of a head or by a man of Pongen or ..
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  7. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Kabui naga objects C746.jpg naga objects C746.jpg naga objects C746.jpg nagaobjectsC746.jpg nagaobjectsC746.jpg Cloth worn as a shawl, of indigo and red with white lines (?woven in Imphal). [three strips.] Kabui, mountains between Manipur valley ..
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  8. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Sangtam (Northern) naga objects C778.jpg naga objects C778.jpg naga objects C778.jpg nagaobjectsC778.jpg nagaobjectsC778.jpg Pair of old woman's leggings (or puttees). Northern Sangtam, Mangaki village. artefacts Sangtam Northern Mangaki error ..
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  9. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Chang naga objects C890.jpg naga objects C890.jpg naga objects C890.jpg nagaobjectsC890.jpg nagaobjectsC890.jpg Tobacco pipe with wooden stem carved with relief figures of two huluks and two men(?). The bowl is of bamboo with poker-work designs. ..
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  10. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Tangkhul naga objects C903.jpg naga objects C903.jpg naga objects C903.jpg nagaobjectsC903.jpg nagaobjectsC903.jpg Small ring cut from the shankbone of a sambhur worn by men on the foreskin which is drawn through; the rest of the penis being pushed..
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  11. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Manchester Museum 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Chang naga objects C940.jpg naga objects C940.jpg naga objects C940.jpg nagaobjectsC940.jpg nagaobjectsC940.jpg Disc of thick sheet brass used as currency, worth 3 shillings (15p) in 1923. Chang. artefacts Chang error Chang 6:132 Mills J.P. gift Manchester ..
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  12. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Manchester Museum 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Konyak naga objects C941.jpg naga objects C941.jpg naga objects C941.jpg nagaobjectsC941.jpg nagaobjectsC941.jpg A small piece of a skull contained in a ball of plaited cane that is fastened to a v-shaped branch of bamboo. This is the complementary share of..
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  13. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Manchester Museum 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Konyak naga objects C947.jpg naga objects C947.jpg naga objects C947.jpg nagaobjectsC947.jpg nagaobjectsC947.jpg Part of human skull, cut vertically and diagonally from near the right eye to the left side of the back. A head-hunter's trophy. The share ..
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  14. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Ao naga objects C951.jpg naga objects C951.jpg naga objects C951.jpg nagaobjectsC951.jpg nagaobjectsC951.jpg Boy's or man's cloth indicating no social gennas or distinctions of any kind. This bad dyeing is peculiar to Lungmisa village and is much ..
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  15. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1923-01-01:1923-12-31 Angami naga objects C964.jpg naga objects C964.jpg naga objects C964.jpg nagaobjectsC964.jpg nagaobjectsC964.jpg Girl's cloth worn either as a shawl or petticoat. Angami, Kohima village. artefacts Angami Kohima Angami Kohima 6:161 Shakespear Col. L..
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