The Nagas

University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1929-01-01:1929-12-31 Chang naga objects C241.jpg naga objects C241.jpg naga objects C241.jpg nagaobjectsC241.jpg nagaobjectsC241.jpg Head-taker's basket with monkey skull and 6 cane balls on string. Label: 'dangsa basket, Chang, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C568.jpg naga objects C568.jpg naga objects C568.jpg nagaobjectsC568.jpg nagaobjectsC568.jpg Bamboo knife for peeling taro with point for piercing them for stringing. Konyak, Chi village. artefacts Konyak Chi error Konyak Chi 4:121 Mills J.P. 1923-10..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam (Southern) naga objects C569.jpg naga objects C569.jpg naga objects C569.jpg nagaobjectsC569.jpg nagaobjectsC569.jpg Spoor-maker made of a split length of bamboo with pig's trotters on the split ends. Used for making "deer spoor": made by one boy for another to ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota naga objects C575.jpg naga objects C575.jpg naga objects C575.jpg nagaobjectsC575.jpg nagaobjectsC575.jpg Cloth for carrying a child, white with slight pattern of red, yellow and black. Lhota, Pyangsu village. artefacts Lhota Pyangsa (Pyangsu) error Lhota Pyangsa ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C587.jpg naga objects C587.jpg naga objects C587.jpg nagaobjectsC587.jpg nagaobjectsC587.jpg Cane fish trap, nokharipen, of oval barrel form closed at the ends, with 2 rectangular openings at the side set with spikes to prevent egress of the fish. Ao, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C593.jpg naga objects C593.jpg naga objects C593.jpg nagaobjectsC593.jpg nagaobjectsC593.jpg Drinking vessel of bamboo from the Chang village of Yempong, which belonged to Thangpong. The figure carved in bold relief on the front represents Thangso of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C615.jpg naga objects C615.jpg naga objects C615.jpg nagaobjectsC615.jpg nagaobjectsC615.jpg Badger's tooth amulet. Mr Mills was assured that if he kept the tooth, with a large stone celt in a basket, in his house, he would certainly grow rich. Sema, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C623.jpg naga objects C623.jpg naga objects C623.jpg nagaobjectsC623.jpg nagaobjectsC623.jpg Wooden bull-roarer with cane handle, notches and incised decorations. A boy's toy now becoming obsolete. Konyak, Shiong village. artefacts Konyak Shiong ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C625.jpg naga objects C625.jpg naga objects C625.jpg nagaobjectsC625.jpg nagaobjectsC625.jpg Bull-roarer used by boys as a toy to bring rain, resembling a fish-tail (if the 'fork' were deeper the roarer would split). Konyak, Tamlu village. artefacts ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C632.jpg naga objects C632.jpg naga objects C632.jpg nagaobjectsC632.jpg nagaobjectsC632.jpg Man's conical hat made of thatching palm fibre on a thin frame of chips of cane. Konyak, Yungpang village. artefacts Konyak Yungphong (Yungpang) error Konyak..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C640.jpg naga objects C640.jpg naga objects C640.jpg nagaobjectsC640.jpg nagaobjectsC640.jpg Hat of light cane-work with pig-bristle crest and a chaplet round the top of dyed goat's hair. The skull and upper beak of a hornbill is affixed in front ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C641.jpg naga objects C641.jpg naga objects C641.jpg nagaobjectsC641.jpg nagaobjectsC641.jpg Cane-work hat ornamented with two thin laminae of mithan horn, two crescent pieces of brass, the skin and forelegs of a monitor, and two carved wooden heads...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C648.jpg naga objects C648.jpg naga objects C648.jpg nagaobjectsC648.jpg nagaobjectsC648.jpg Head ornament, peaked headband of cane-work. Mon village, Konyak. artefacts Konyak Mon error Konyak Mon 4:224 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-21:1923-10-21 gift Pitt ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Yimsungr naga objects C654.jpg naga objects C654.jpg naga objects C654.jpg nagaobjectsC654.jpg nagaobjectsC654.jpg Hat of coiled basketry with the tail of a pangolin (Manis sp.) over the crest, and at either side a large spread bird's wing. Yimsungr, Sangpurr village. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C672.jpg naga objects C672.jpg naga objects C672.jpg nagaobjectsC672.jpg nagaobjectsC672.jpg Small primitive clarinet with vibrating tongue at upper end, two stops. Konyak, Oting village. artefacts Konyak Oting error Konyak Oting 5:11 Mills J.P. 1923..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Yimtsungr naga objects C691.jpg naga objects C691.jpg naga objects C691.jpg nagaobjectsC691.jpg nagaobjectsC691.jpg Hat of thick cane with chaplet of pig's bristles round the base and a thin slice of mithan horn on each side. In front is a hornbill's head with under-..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C698.jpg naga objects C698.jpg naga objects C698.jpg nagaobjectsC698.jpg nagaobjectsC698.jpg Bride's rice-basket with flat, square base and cane-loop handle. Woven with a reticulated diamond pattern. Ao, Yacham village. artefacts Ao Yacham error Ao ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C708.jpg naga objects C708.jpg naga objects C708.jpg nagaobjectsC708.jpg nagaobjectsC708.jpg A pair of horns of sago palm spathe ?, put over the horns of the bull's head hung on a house front to increase their size. Chang, Hakchang village. artefacts ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C714.jpg naga objects C714.jpg naga objects C714.jpg nagaobjectsC714.jpg nagaobjectsC714.jpg Cane-work (cross-warp checker) model of a man with a basket hung up in an Ang's house. Collected on a transfrontier expedition. Konyak, Longmien village. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C719.jpg naga objects C719.jpg naga objects C719.jpg nagaobjectsC719.jpg nagaobjectsC719.jpg Cane-work (cross-warp checker) ornament, representing 7 conventionalised men, their feet on the base-line, their heads meeting at the apex. Hung up in the ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C740.jpg naga objects C740.jpg naga objects C740.jpg nagaobjectsC740.jpg nagaobjectsC740.jpg Man's cloth, red and black and with white central panel with red stripes and wax pattern of circles. At one corner is a tassel of 3 red woollen balls. Chang, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C741.jpg naga objects C741.jpg naga objects C741.jpg nagaobjectsC741.jpg nagaobjectsC741.jpg ?Man's black cloth thickly embroidered with red wool. [three strips.] Chang, Chingmei village. artefacts Chang Chingmei error Chang Chingmei 5:103 Hutton J.H...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C752.jpg naga objects C752.jpg naga objects C752.jpg nagaobjectsC752.jpg nagaobjectsC752.jpg Woman's narrow skirt or red with black and blue transverse lines, with embroidered pattern in red and black on the white. Worn below buttocks but up in front..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C757.jpg naga objects C757.jpg naga objects C757.jpg nagaobjectsC757.jpg nagaobjectsC757.jpg Warrior's cloth, black and red, with lines of cowries. Konyak, Yungya village. artefacts Konyak Yungya error Konyak Yungya 5:119 Mills J.P. 1923-08-20:1923-..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam naga objects C775.jpg naga objects C775.jpg naga objects C775.jpg nagaobjectsC775.jpg nagaobjectsC775.jpg Woman's skirt of blue-black stuff, with red lines and strips and red wool design. [two strips.] Sangtam, Mangaki village. artefacts Sangtam Mangaki error ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam naga objects C779.jpg naga objects C779.jpg naga objects C779.jpg nagaobjectsC779.jpg nagaobjectsC779.jpg Rich woman's skirt of black and red elaborately embroidered with red-dyed dog's hair in x-designs, chevrons and lozenges. [two strips plus central panel.] ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C780.jpg naga objects C780.jpg naga objects C780.jpg nagaobjectsC780.jpg nagaobjectsC780.jpg Crudely-carved figure of a bird, of soft white wood, with a few touches of black pigment. The wings were made separately (now fixed by glue for safety). It hung ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C833.jpg naga objects C833.jpg naga objects C833.jpg nagaobjectsC833.jpg nagaobjectsC833.jpg Flageolet of simple form, open at the end, with 3 finger-stops, and closed at the top. A short section of bamboo is fitted over the node just above a slit ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C839.jpg naga objects C839.jpg naga objects C839.jpg nagaobjectsC839.jpg nagaobjectsC839.jpg Jews harp of bamboo with one end attached to a cane cylinder worn in the ear: used by both sexes. At the other end is the jerking string with a bunch of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C894.jpg naga objects C894.jpg naga objects C894.jpg nagaobjectsC894.jpg nagaobjectsC894.jpg Finishing tool for making daos: a chisel-like piece of iron set in a wooden handle. Konyak, Tobu village. artefacts Konyak Tobu error Konyak Tobu 6:72 Mills ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam naga objects C898.jpg naga objects C898.jpg naga objects C898.jpg nagaobjectsC898.jpg nagaobjectsC898.jpg Snare for jungle fowl of notched bamboo with cane noose tied to the end of a string. Made by Chamenthang. Sangtam, Mangaki village. artefacts Chamenthang of..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C934.jpg naga objects C934.jpg naga objects C934.jpg nagaobjectsC934.jpg nagaobjectsC934.jpg Flageolet of cane with four finger holes. Closed at one end by a node small hole is bored in side near the node, over the hole a piece of bamboo is ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C1301.jpg naga objects C1301.jpg naga objects C1301.jpg nagaobjectsC1301.jpg nagaobjectsC1301.jpg naga objects C1302.jpg naga objects C1302.jpg naga objects C1302.jpg nagaobjectsC1302.jpg nagaobjectsC1302.jpg naga objects C976.jpg naga objects C976..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C1305.jpg naga objects C1305.jpg naga objects C1305.jpg nagaobjectsC1305.jpg nagaobjectsC1305.jpg naga objects C981.jpg naga objects C981.jpg naga objects C981.jpg nagaobjectsC981.jpg nagaobjectsC981.jpg naga objects C982.jpg naga objects C982.jpg ..
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