The Nagas

University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge naga objects C205.jpg naga objects C205.jpg naga objects C205.jpg nagaobjectsC205.jpg nagaobjectsC205.jpg naga objects C206.jpg naga objects C206.jpg naga objects C206.jpg nagaobjectsC206.jpg nagaobjectsC206.jpg Brass bracelet much ..
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University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge Chang naga objects C269.jpg naga objects C269.jpg naga objects C269.jpg nagaobjectsC269.jpg nagaobjectsC269.jpg "Deadman's rice strainer" made of [interlocking] bamboo leaves. Native name 'yempu shangku'. Chang Naga, on the borders of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota naga objects C521.jpg naga objects C521.jpg naga objects C521.jpg nagaobjectsC521.jpg nagaobjectsC521.jpg Pump drill artefacts error Lhota 3:232 Balfour 1922-01-01:1922-12-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1929.9.3 descriptions derived from original source ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota (Liye) naga objects C580.jpg naga objects C580.jpg naga objects C580.jpg nagaobjectsC580.jpg nagaobjectsC580.jpg Small conical fish-trap lined with thorny calamus midribs: the first example of this type of fish-trap recorded from the Naga Hills. It is baited with ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C613.jpg naga objects C613.jpg naga objects C613.jpg nagaobjectsC613.jpg nagaobjectsC613.jpg 'Dead' female luck-stone, anagha. Sema, Tsivikaputomi village. artefacts Sema Tsivikaputomi error Sema Tsivikaputomi 4:178 Mills J.P. 1922-10-07:1922-10-07 ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C618.jpg naga objects C618.jpg naga objects C618.jpg nagaobjectsC618.jpg nagaobjectsC618.jpg Five small flat brush-like tattooing implements of thorn, bound between 2 shaped plates of bamboo, with leaf strip with tang to fix in a palm-stem handle; ..
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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota naga objects C620.jpg naga objects C620.jpg naga objects C620.jpg nagaobjectsC620.jpg nagaobjectsC620.jpg Two cupping horns from a morung, bought for 2 annas. Lhota, Yansutso village. artefacts Lhota Yanchuchu (Yansutso) error Lhota Yanchuchu (Yansutso) 4:190 ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami naga objects C624.jpg naga objects C624.jpg naga objects C624.jpg nagaobjectsC624.jpg nagaobjectsC624.jpg Bull-roarer used as a toy by boys or for scaring birds. Angami, Khonoma village. artefacts Angami Khonoma error Angami Khonoma 4:194 Hutton J.H. 1922-01-01:..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C668.jpg naga objects C668.jpg naga objects C668.jpg nagaobjectsC668.jpg nagaobjectsC668.jpg Kampi, bull-roarer used to induce rain. This one was certainly used and was not symbolic or decorative. A fibre cord attached to a notch (not a hole as ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C669.jpg naga objects C669.jpg naga objects C669.jpg nagaobjectsC669.jpg nagaobjectsC669.jpg Four jews harps of split bamboo. Chang. artefacts Chang error 5:7 Balfour 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1953.10.90 descriptions derived from..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C670.jpg naga objects C670.jpg naga objects C670.jpg nagaobjectsC670.jpg nagaobjectsC670.jpg Small boy's clarinet with four stops. Ao, Mokokchung village. artefacts Ao Mokokchung error Ao Mokokchung 5:8 Balfour 1922-01-01:1922-12-31 gift Pitt Rivers ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C679.jpg naga objects C679.jpg naga objects C679.jpg nagaobjectsC679.jpg nagaobjectsC679.jpg Clapper bird-scare. Hung from a long springy bamboo, fixed in the ground with a loosely-suspended striking stick which is caused by the wind to ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C751.jpg naga objects C751.jpg naga objects C751.jpg nagaobjectsC751.jpg nagaobjectsC751.jpg Rich woman's skirt - the only garment worn (except a blanket when cold). Narrow strip of woven cotton, with thin lines of pink, blue and khaki. One end is ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Yimtsungr naga objects C774.jpg naga objects C774.jpg naga objects C774.jpg nagaobjectsC774.jpg nagaobjectsC774.jpg Man's large cloth striped white, black and red and embroidered with red (and a little black) wool. Obtained from Phuzekhu (? Thuzekhu) of Baimho. [four ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C831.jpg naga objects C831.jpg naga objects C831.jpg nagaobjectsC831.jpg nagaobjectsC831.jpg Flute, bamboo, 'diaphragm' type with bamboo 'cap'. Konyak, Tamlu village. artefacts Konyak Tamlu error Konyak Tamlu 5:218 Balfour Henry 1922-01-01:1922-12-31..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C832.jpg naga objects C832.jpg naga objects C832.jpg nagaobjectsC832.jpg nagaobjectsC832.jpg Bamboo flute. Ao, Chantongia village. artefacts Ao Chantongia error Ao Chantongia 5:219 Balfour Henry 1922-01-01:1922-12-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1953...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C834.jpg naga objects C834.jpg naga objects C834.jpg nagaobjectsC834.jpg nagaobjectsC834.jpg Transverse bamboo flute. Konyak, Tamlu village, collected while camping by the Dikhu River. artefacts Konyak Tamlu Dikhu R. error Konyak Tamlu Dikhu R. 5:221..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C879.jpg naga objects C879.jpg naga objects C879.jpg nagaobjectsC879.jpg nagaobjectsC879.jpg Bismar, used by Wangpo, a brass caster, for weighing scraps of brass, in making brass armlets. Horizontal arm is cut with six grooves near one end to which ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C883.jpg naga objects C883.jpg naga objects C883.jpg nagaobjectsC883.jpg nagaobjectsC883.jpg Iron-bladed weeding-hoe with y-shaped haft of thick-walled bamboo, black-lacquered; the cane binding red-stained. Given by a young man to his sweetheart. Ao, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C899.jpg naga objects C899.jpg naga objects C899.jpg nagaobjectsC899.jpg nagaobjectsC899.jpg Bamboo pot, for holding black waxy pigment (probably that used for patterns on textiles, but no details supplied); cut from a single bamboo internode. Ao. Longsa..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota naga objects C900.jpg naga objects C900.jpg naga objects C900.jpg nagaobjectsC900.jpg nagaobjectsC900.jpg Young woman's ear tufts of red goat hair fringe with cotton and yellow orchid stem binding. Made by the same method as that employed in the Sema village of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C923.jpg naga objects C923.jpg naga objects C923.jpg nagaobjectsC923.jpg nagaobjectsC923.jpg Youth's ear-plug, representing a flower, made of wood and cane. Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching error Konyak Wakching 6:108 Balfour Henry..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C928.jpg naga objects C928.jpg naga objects C928.jpg nagaobjectsC928.jpg nagaobjectsC928.jpg A Pair of luck stones, anagha. The smaller, male is "alive", the larger female is dead by being burnt. Mr Mills was told that they were living together in the ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C950.jpg naga objects C950.jpg naga objects C950.jpg nagaobjectsC950.jpg nagaobjectsC950.jpg Anni, skirt of poor Ao girls of all clans except the Lungchari. Made of white wool with a few thin black lines. Slightly embroidered with red wool. Ao, Changki ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C952.jpg naga objects C952.jpg naga objects C952.jpg nagaobjectsC952.jpg nagaobjectsC952.jpg Woman's cloth which may be worn by the wife or the daughter of a man who had performed the gennas - given by Tiyatemthen, headman of Longsa village. Ao. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami naga objects C958.jpg naga objects C958.jpg naga objects C958.jpg nagaobjectsC958.jpg nagaobjectsC958.jpg Woman's loin cloth. Angami, Kohima village. artefacts Angami Kohima Angami Kohima 6:154 N Balfour 1922-09-16:1922-09-16 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1938...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C998.jpg naga objects C998.jpg naga objects C998.jpg nagaobjectsC998.jpg nagaobjectsC998.jpg Two specimens of the small edible wood-beetle. Sema. artefacts Sema 985 Balfour Henry 1922-01-01:1922-12-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1953.10.49 descriptions ..
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