The Nagas

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1934-01-01:1934-12-31 Chaokik naga objects C526.jpg naga objects C526.jpg naga objects C526.jpg nagaobjectsC526.jpg nagaobjectsC526.jpg Hair ornament of a man who has taken a head; made of a narrow oblong plate of wood expanding slightly towards one end which is ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C527.jpg naga objects C527.jpg naga objects C527.jpg nagaobjectsC527.jpg nagaobjectsC527.jpg Large hair-pin of red wood with rounded end, carved at the top with 3 heads under a mushroom-shaped hat. Worn by a man who has taken a head, through the ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak (S.W.) naga objects C539.jpg naga objects C539.jpg naga objects C539.jpg nagaobjectsC539.jpg nagaobjectsC539.jpg Young man's set of wristlets, worn only during a year when the village has taken a head (they are discarded at the New Year till another head is taken..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Phom naga objects C588.jpg naga objects C588.jpg naga objects C588.jpg nagaobjectsC588.jpg nagaobjectsC588.jpg naga objects C589.jpg naga objects C589.jpg naga objects C589.jpg nagaobjectsC589.jpg nagaobjectsC589.jpg Rice beer jug of bamboo with mouth cut at a slant, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Phom naga objects C590.jpg naga objects C590.jpg naga objects C590.jpg nagaobjectsC590.jpg nagaobjectsC590.jpg Large rice beer jug of bamboo with burnt-out mouth, and upper node perforated with a small hole at the opposite end from the tip. The cortex is thick and ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C594.jpg naga objects C594.jpg naga objects C594.jpg nagaobjectsC594.jpg nagaobjectsC594.jpg Man's drinking horn made of a small mithan horn with a serow horn at the tip and two small horns of wood, one on each side of it, with a band of plaited cane..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C628.jpg naga objects C628.jpg naga objects C628.jpg nagaobjectsC628.jpg nagaobjectsC628.jpg Low wooden stool carved with 16 hornbill heads in relief; used only by Ang (hereditary chief and priest). Konyak, Wakching village. artefacts Konyak Wakching..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C663.jpg naga objects C663.jpg naga objects C663.jpg nagaobjectsC663.jpg nagaobjectsC663.jpg Dao-shaped pendant for hanging from eaves of a house. Derived from the bull-roarer. Konyak, Chongwe (Aopao) village. artefacts Konyak Aopao (Chongwe) Aopao ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C673.jpg naga objects C673.jpg naga objects C673.jpg nagaobjectsC673.jpg nagaobjectsC673.jpg Small clarinet made of green reed closed by a node which is shaved off to a round point and slit to form a single vibrating tongue. There are two fringe ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C792.jpg naga objects C792.jpg naga objects C792.jpg nagaobjectsC792.jpg nagaobjectsC792.jpg Human figurine, intended to be fastened to a basket, carved in the round from a block of light wood, the features in low relief roughed out (apparently); ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C797.jpg naga objects C797.jpg naga objects C797.jpg nagaobjectsC797.jpg nagaobjectsC797.jpg Carved head of orange-brown wood, worn by a man who has taken a head: mouth is carefully carved with teeth within the lips and tinted cochineal colour. Two ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C798.jpg naga objects C798.jpg naga objects C798.jpg nagaobjectsC798.jpg nagaobjectsC798.jpg Neck pendant worn by a man who has taken a head, carved of wood with an original attempt at realism in the rendering of the mouth which is hollowed behind ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C799.jpg naga objects C799.jpg naga objects C799.jpg nagaobjectsC799.jpg nagaobjectsC799.jpg Model female head of white wood, eyes of beetle elytra and mouth a coix seed; human hair. Carried on ceremonial occasions by a man who has killed a..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C837.jpg naga objects C837.jpg naga objects C837.jpg nagaobjectsC837.jpg nagaobjectsC837.jpg Model of a wooden gong or xylophone in the form of a high narrow trough with a long projection (oblong in cross-section) at each end, one of which is carved ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C983.jpg naga objects C983.jpg naga objects C983.jpg nagaobjectsC983.jpg nagaobjectsC983.jpg Very long up-curving dance-tail made of narrow length of wood of oblong section, with 2 carved faces at the end and one at the top above a strut ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C993.jpg naga objects C993.jpg naga objects C993.jpg nagaobjectsC993.jpg nagaobjectsC993.jpg Long brass chain worn by rich women; practically obsolete and rarely seen today. This specimen is very old. Ao, Chantongia village. artefacts Ao Chantongia error ..
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