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 Rengma (Naked) naga objects C538.jpg naga objects C538.jpg naga objects C538.jpg nagaobjectsC538.jpg nagaobjectsC538.jpg Man's double comb, ahipu, with 25 cane prongs passing through a short length of brown cane at one end of its, and bound with string. Naked Rengma, ..
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  2. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford ?Kacha naga objects C578.jpg naga objects C578.jpg naga objects C578.jpg nagaobjectsC578.jpg nagaobjectsC578.jpg Wooden four-footed bowl carved from the solid, stained black outside, with a plaited cane band (?for attachment of handles). Tip of a foot missing. ?Kacha. ..
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  3. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C603.jpg naga objects C603.jpg naga objects C603.jpg nagaobjectsC603.jpg nagaobjectsC603.jpg Man's drinking vessel, aohu, of bamboo with cane handle with cortex removed and mouth cut at a slant to a point. Naked Rengma, Meluri village. ..
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  4. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C604.jpg naga objects C604.jpg naga objects C604.jpg nagaobjectsC604.jpg nagaobjectsC604.jpg Woman's drinking cup, nimzar aohu, of bamboo with cortex removed and bevelled mouth; with cane handle. Naked Rengma, Meluri village. artefacts Rengma..
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  5. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C611.jpg naga objects C611.jpg naga objects C611.jpg nagaobjectsC611.jpg nagaobjectsC611.jpg Magic bundle placed in the village spring to lay a curse on the Rengma village of Tesophenyu. It contains: 1. hair of witch who used it; 2. earth from grave ..
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  6. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Zemi naga objects C621.jpg naga objects C621.jpg naga objects C621.jpg nagaobjectsC621.jpg nagaobjectsC621.jpg Pointed lancet made of a slip of cane sliced thin and bent and bound with bark strip in a curve at the pointed end, the point hardened with fire. Seen in use ..
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  7. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C726.jpg naga objects C726.jpg naga objects C726.jpg nagaobjectsC726.jpg nagaobjectsC726.jpg naga objects C727.jpg naga objects C727.jpg naga objects C727.jpg nagaobjectsC727.jpg nagaobjectsC727.jpg naga objects C728.jpg naga objects C728.jpg naga ..
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  8. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kabui naga objects C742.jpg naga objects C742.jpg naga objects C742.jpg nagaobjectsC742.jpg nagaobjectsC742.jpg Very fine cloth, worn as a skirt by statuette of goddess. Native cotton, woven as 6 narrow bands, and then sewn together. The centre consists of broad black ..
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  9. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kabui naga objects C750.jpg naga objects C750.jpg naga objects C750.jpg nagaobjectsC750.jpg nagaobjectsC750.jpg Breech cloth worn by the statuette of the male god in the temple at Kambiron village. Ornamented with threads and tufts of red and black wools and yellow ..
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  10. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C765.jpg naga objects C765.jpg naga objects C765.jpg nagaobjectsC765.jpg nagaobjectsC765.jpg Skirt of the wife of a man who has done atsali feast of merit. Of blue and white cotton, the blue with red lines and a dotted yellow line, with a ..
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  11. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C766.jpg naga objects C766.jpg naga objects C766.jpg nagaobjectsC766.jpg nagaobjectsC766.jpg Skirt of the wife of a man who has given full series of feasts of merit, of two pieces of small cloth sewn together, white and blue. Lines of ..
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  12. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C767.jpg naga objects C767.jpg naga objects C767.jpg nagaobjectsC767.jpg nagaobjectsC767.jpg Cloth of a man who has performed the full series of feasts of merit, of red with white-edged black stripes: embroidered with 2 cross-bands of x-..
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  13. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C768.jpg naga objects C768.jpg naga objects C768.jpg nagaobjectsC768.jpg nagaobjectsC768.jpg Large blue cloth of a man who has taken heads with red stripes at the selvages and two narrow white panels with stamped and painted designs in black of ..
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  14. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C771.jpg naga objects C771.jpg naga objects C771.jpg nagaobjectsC771.jpg nagaobjectsC771.jpg Cloth of a young man who has taken heads but has not done the mithan sacrifice. Dark blue with two pairs of thin red lines and a narrow white panel with ..
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  15. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C827.jpg naga objects C827.jpg naga objects C827.jpg nagaobjectsC827.jpg nagaobjectsC827.jpg Skirt of a girl whose parents have not done the mithan sacrifice, of black with a grey margin on one side. Zig-zag and other patterns along margin and lines ..
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  16. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Western) naga objects C875.jpg naga objects C875.jpg naga objects C875.jpg nagaobjectsC875.jpg nagaobjectsC875.jpg Spoon of white wood for rice beer. The bowl is round and saucer-like with a small foot: the handle carved in curious curves. Flat on the top and ..
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  17. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C880.jpg naga objects C880.jpg naga objects C880.jpg nagaobjectsC880.jpg nagaobjectsC880.jpg Pair of greaves for protecting the legs in fighting (with cuirass and helmet). Rengma, Tesophenyu village. artefacts Rengma Tesophenyu error Rengma ..
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