The Nagas

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C721.jpg naga objects C721.jpg naga objects C721.jpg nagaobjectsC721.jpg nagaobjectsC721.jpg Skirt of poor woman of Pongenr or Lungkamr phratry. Pattern embroidered on the stripes in red trade wool. Longchang village, Ao. [two strips.] artefacts Ao ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Ao (Mongsen) naga objects C722.jpg naga objects C722.jpg naga objects C722.jpg nagaobjectsC722.jpg nagaobjectsC722.jpg Girl's first skirt. [two strips.] Mongsen Ao, Sangrachu village. artefacts Ao Mongsen Sangratsu (Sangrachu) error Ao (Mongsen) ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C724.jpg naga objects C724.jpg naga objects C724.jpg nagaobjectsC724.jpg nagaobjectsC724.jpg Rich woman's skirt, can be worn by a woman of any phratry but only if her father and grandfather have done mithan sacrifice. Ao, Ungma village. [two strips.] ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C725.jpg naga objects C725.jpg naga objects C725.jpg nagaobjectsC725.jpg nagaobjectsC725.jpg Man's cloth, kizesu, Ungma village, Ao. [2 strips.] artefacts Ao Ungma error Ao Ungma 5:86 Mills J.P. 1924-07-01:1924-07-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928...
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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C730.jpg naga objects C730.jpg naga objects C730.jpg nagaobjectsC730.jpg nagaobjectsC730.jpg naga objects C731.jpg naga objects C731.jpg naga objects C731.jpg nagaobjectsC731.jpg nagaobjectsC731.jpg Rongsuscu, cloth which can be worn by a man who is ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Western) naga objects C735.jpg naga objects C735.jpg naga objects C735.jpg nagaobjectsC735.jpg nagaobjectsC735.jpg New development in Angami embroidery. Human figures, man on horse, pig, green butterfly, and two large beetles called 'the eaters of seven ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Chang naga objects C738.jpg naga objects C738.jpg naga objects C738.jpg nagaobjectsC738.jpg nagaobjectsC738.jpg Boy's cloth, with pattern in wool. Chang, Tuensang village. [three strips.] artefacts Chang Tuensang error Chang Tuensang 5:100 Mills J...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang (Eastern) naga objects C739.jpg naga objects C739.jpg naga objects C739.jpg nagaobjectsC739.jpg nagaobjectsC739.jpg Young man's cloth. [two strips plus central strip.] Chang, Hakchung village. artefacts Chang Eastern Hakchang (Hakchung) error Chang (Eastern) ..
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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 Kabui naga objects C743.jpg naga objects C743.jpg naga objects C743.jpg nagaobjectsC743.jpg nagaobjectsC743.jpg Woman's cloth, belonged to sorceress [Gaidiliu]. End fringes of red-dyed goat's hair bound with yellow orchid skin. [two strips.] artefacts Gaidiliu Kabui ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kabui naga objects C744.jpg naga objects C744.jpg naga objects C744.jpg nagaobjectsC744.jpg nagaobjectsC744.jpg Girl's scarf usually worn as a waist cloth. The edges have a ?woven pattern of triangles in red and black wool (weft). The ends are fringed with tassels of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C747.jpg naga objects C747.jpg naga objects C747.jpg nagaobjectsC747.jpg nagaobjectsC747.jpg Large cloth of a man who has done the mithan sacrifice, covered with narrow red stripes and black-edged white lines, and with elaborate designs in black and ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C748.jpg naga objects C748.jpg naga objects C748.jpg nagaobjectsC748.jpg nagaobjectsC748.jpg Man's body cloth, of cotton, with tufts of indigo threads and red hair sewn on greyish background. Kalyo-Kengyu, Wui village. [three strips.] artefacts..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kabui naga objects C749.jpg naga objects C749.jpg naga objects C749.jpg nagaobjectsC749.jpg nagaobjectsC749.jpg Man's dancing kilt. A long narrow piece of white woven stuff with indigo-patterned dull red selvages, and five small indigo tassels along the narrow ends. ..
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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 C753.jpg naga objects C753.jpg naga objects C753.jpg nagaobjectsC753.jpg nagaobjectsC753.jpg Woman's narrow skirt with ornamental pattern in various colours. Made by Ahon's wife. Konyak, Shiong village. artefacts Ahon Konyak Shiong error Konyak ..
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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 Lhota (Liye) naga objects C758.jpg naga objects C758.jpg naga objects C758.jpg nagaobjectsC758.jpg nagaobjectsC758.jpg Cloth of a man who has done mithan sacrifice, of dark blue-black and red with embroidered central band of type peculiar to the village: red and yellow ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota (Ndreng) naga objects C759.jpg naga objects C759.jpg naga objects C759.jpg nagaobjectsC759.jpg nagaobjectsC759.jpg Cloth, charaksi, of wife of man who has dragged a stone. Black with thin plaid-like bands and white lines with some horizontal touched with black. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Lhota naga objects C760.jpg naga objects C760.jpg naga objects C760.jpg nagaobjectsC760.jpg nagaobjectsC760.jpg Cloth, puthiscu (puthi's cloth), red with broad black and narrow blue bands, only to be worn by a puthi (village priest). Now worn at ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota (Ndreng) naga objects C761.jpg naga objects C761.jpg naga objects C761.jpg nagaobjectsC761.jpg nagaobjectsC761.jpg Woman's skirt, tserhum, black with inset blue band (indigo) with thin red and blue lines: there is a little yellow embroidery. [four strips.] Ndreng ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kacha naga objects C763.jpg naga objects C763.jpg naga objects C763.jpg nagaobjectsC763.jpg nagaobjectsC763.jpg Large wrap of white cotton thread with thick warp threads of untwisted flock overlaid on one side (3.5 to the inch). Kacha, Pelekima village. [four strips.] ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C764.jpg naga objects C764.jpg naga objects C764.jpg nagaobjectsC764.jpg nagaobjectsC764.jpg Cloth woven from mixed gwakro fibre (a kind of jute) and cotton. E. Angami, Enholomi village. artefacts Angami Eastern Enholomi error Angami (..
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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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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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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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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C769.jpg naga objects C769.jpg naga objects C769.jpg nagaobjectsC769.jpg nagaobjectsC769.jpg Skirt of the wife of a man who has done the mithan sacrifice. Black with double red lines and narrow white panel worked with red black and yellow and pink ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C770.jpg naga objects C770.jpg naga objects C770.jpg nagaobjectsC770.jpg nagaobjectsC770.jpg Young man's fringed cloth of dark indigo with four pairs of thin double red lines (two being marginal) and narrow white panel with small oblong ornaments of zigzags..
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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C772.jpg naga objects C772.jpg naga objects C772.jpg nagaobjectsC772.jpg nagaobjectsC772.jpg Cloth of the daughter of a man who has given full series of feasts of merit. Black with lines and rings of cowries centred with red-dyed tufts of dog's hair...
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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 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 Yachungr naga objects C776.jpg naga objects C776.jpg naga objects C776.jpg nagaobjectsC776.jpg nagaobjectsC776.jpg Skirt of a rich man's wife of indigo with fine white lines and narrow stripes on either side of a space in the centre filled with decorative bands and ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam (Northern) naga objects C777.jpg naga objects C777.jpg naga objects C777.jpg nagaobjectsC777.jpg nagaobjectsC777.jpg Woman's skirt, narrow strip of bright blue cloth with red lines and embroidered lozenge patterns of red trade wool. [1 piece.] N. Sangtam, ..
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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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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 Angami (Eastern) naga objects C781.jpg naga objects C781.jpg naga objects C781.jpg nagaobjectsC781.jpg nagaobjectsC781.jpg Wooden plank with painted carving of a tiger a bear. The colouring is: black from burnt wood, white from burnt bone, red from burnt earth or soft ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) Figurines, a man and a woman carved of grey stone. The body is quadrangular, the head rounded, the face heart-shaped with central ridge for nose. Breasts slightly indicated (woman). Arms and legs carved in relief. Necklace painted brown, black and white. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C785.jpg naga objects C785.jpg naga objects C785.jpg nagaobjectsC785.jpg nagaobjectsC785.jpg Wooden model (native carved) of a typical morung pillar, carved with designs of land-crab, frog, snake, bird, serow and human figures. Konyak, Chongwe ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C786.jpg naga objects C786.jpg naga objects C786.jpg nagaobjectsC786.jpg nagaobjectsC786.jpg naga objects C1297.jpg naga objects C1297.jpg naga objects C1297.jpg nagaobjectsC1297.jpg nagaobjectsC1297.jpg Model of a morung post with representation ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C787.jpg naga objects C787.jpg naga objects C787.jpg nagaobjectsC787.jpg nagaobjectsC787.jpg Tobacco box, made from the testicle of a water buffalo. [Wood lining inside. The Chang also make such boxes from the testicles of mithan, serow, sambhur etc.]..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C788.jpg naga objects C788.jpg naga objects C788.jpg nagaobjectsC788.jpg nagaobjectsC788.jpg Tobacco box, made from testicle of a goat. [Skin lining over wooden interior.] Chang, Chingmei village. artefacts Chang Chingmei error Chang Chingmei 5:150 ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C789.jpg naga objects C789.jpg naga objects C789.jpg nagaobjectsC789.jpg nagaobjectsC789.jpg Tobacco box of mithan horn [and cane binding]. Kalyo-Kengyu, Noklak village. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Noklak Noklak error Kalyo-Kengyu 5:151 Mills J.P. ..
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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 C793.jpg naga objects C793.jpg naga objects C793.jpg nagaobjectsC793.jpg nagaobjectsC793.jpg Small carved human figure, naked female seated with one knee up; face reddened and ears pierced. Konyak, Mon village. [base not original] artefacts Konyak ..
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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 Lhota naga objects C802.jpg naga objects C802.jpg naga objects C802.jpg nagaobjectsC802.jpg nagaobjectsC802.jpg Woman's pipe. [Bamboo bowl, separate stem, fixed in resin attachment to bowl, with separate pipe cleaner.] Lhota, Yamhung village. artefacts Lhota Yamhung ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Yimsungr naga objects C803.jpg naga objects C803.jpg naga objects C803.jpg nagaobjectsC803.jpg nagaobjectsC803.jpg Representation of human head roughly carved in wood, hung up as ornament at the building of a new morung to show the fate of all enemies of that morung. [..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota naga objects C813.jpg naga objects C813.jpg naga objects C813.jpg nagaobjectsC813.jpg nagaobjectsC813.jpg Spindle with light wooden base for spinning fine string for hats. The spindle is suspended and spun with the hands. Men do the work. Lhota, Lungtsung village...
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Ao naga objects C818.jpg naga objects C818.jpg naga objects C818.jpg nagaobjectsC818.jpg nagaobjectsC818.jpg naga objects C819.jpg naga objects C819.jpg naga objects C819.jpg nagaobjectsC819.jpg nagaobjectsC819.jpg naga objects C820.jpg naga ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C823.jpg naga objects C823.jpg naga objects C823.jpg nagaobjectsC823.jpg nagaobjectsC823.jpg Bridal skirt of rich man's daughter, divided lengthwise in three parts, black, light-grey and white, with black and red lines and embroidered geometrical ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C825.jpg naga objects C825.jpg naga objects C825.jpg nagaobjectsC825.jpg nagaobjectsC825.jpg Unmarried girl's cloth of dark indigo with two marginal and a central narrow stripe of light blue ornament with red wool. From the side stripes run transverse ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1948-01-01:1948-12-31 Sema naga objects C826.jpg naga objects C826.jpg naga objects C826.jpg nagaobjectsC826.jpg nagaobjectsC826.jpg Bridal skirt of rich man's daughter. Black, central panel of blue, red, yellow glass beads; groups of cowries in threes; and thin red ..
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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C829.jpg naga objects C829.jpg naga objects C829.jpg nagaobjectsC829.jpg nagaobjectsC829.jpg Rich man's oblong apron (lengta) of dull indigo material with a double row of ground cowries along the edges and on broad central band. Beside latter are rows of 6 ..
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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 Zemi Marvongmai naga objects C835.jpg naga objects C835.jpg naga objects C835.jpg nagaobjectsC835.jpg nagaobjectsC835.jpg Flageolet of dark purple stained bamboo with cylindrical mouthpiece fitting outside and forming the air duct to the sound hole. It has four finger-..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma (Naked) naga objects C836.jpg naga objects C836.jpg naga objects C836.jpg nagaobjectsC836.jpg nagaobjectsC836.jpg Three whistles or blocked-end flutes, khu, of same length and tuned to the same note, cut from small bamboo and loosely tied together. Brown. A boy ..
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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 Angami naga objects C840.jpg naga objects C840.jpg naga objects C840.jpg nagaobjectsC840.jpg nagaobjectsC840.jpg Drinking horn made from an unusually large horn of the water-buffalo. Angami, Kidima village. artefacts Angami Kidima error Angami Kidima 5:229 Mills J.P. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C841.jpg naga objects C841.jpg naga objects C841.jpg nagaobjectsC841.jpg nagaobjectsC841.jpg Bear-skin guard for the right wrist, the left being protected by the shield. Kalyo-Kengyu, Panso village. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Panso error Kalyo-..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C842.jpg naga objects C842.jpg naga objects C842.jpg nagaobjectsC842.jpg nagaobjectsC842.jpg Modelled head, for placing on a ledge on the house front. Apparently for ornament only. E. Angami, Chizami village. artefacts Angami Eastern ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C845.jpg naga objects C845.jpg naga objects C845.jpg nagaobjectsC845.jpg nagaobjectsC845.jpg Carved figure of wood, representing an old man standing, with a beard of grey bristles, and hair on the head capped with silver paper. The mouth is a small ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C846.jpg naga objects C846.jpg naga objects C846.jpg nagaobjectsC846.jpg nagaobjectsC846.jpg Human head of clay. artefacts Angami Eastern Chizami error Angami (Eastern) Chizami 5:235 Mills J.P. 1936-09-01:1936-09-31 gift Pitt Rivers Museum,..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C849.jpg naga objects C849.jpg naga objects C849.jpg nagaobjectsC849.jpg nagaobjectsC849.jpg Rain-shield of palm leaves covered with plaited cane-work. Kalyo-Kengyu, Pangsha village artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Pangsha error Kalyo-Kengyu Pangsha 6:1 ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C852.jpg naga objects C852.jpg naga objects C852.jpg nagaobjectsC852.jpg nagaobjectsC852.jpg Very highly conventionalised representation of the Malayan hornbill, cut from a long flat piece of wood: pegged to the front wall of a house as an ..
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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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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kabui naga objects C881.jpg naga objects C881.jpg naga objects C881.jpg nagaobjectsC881.jpg nagaobjectsC881.jpg naga objects C882.jpg naga objects C882.jpg naga objects C882.jpg nagaobjectsC882.jpg nagaobjectsC882.jpg Oblong lidded basket of cane twill-work containing..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Ao naga objects C884.jpg naga objects C884.jpg naga objects C884.jpg nagaobjectsC884.jpg nagaobjectsC884.jpg Boy's or woman's ear-ornament of 2 tail feathers of the racket-tailed drango and parrot feather. Ao. artefacts Ao error Ao 6:62 Mills J.P. ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C892.jpg naga objects C892.jpg naga objects C892.jpg nagaobjectsC892.jpg nagaobjectsC892.jpg Small ball or sphere representing the nest of the tree wasp; made of 3 small loops of bamboo strip at right angles, bound at the intersections with..
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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 Lhota naga objects C902.jpg naga objects C902.jpg naga objects C902.jpg nagaobjectsC902.jpg nagaobjectsC902.jpg Love amulet of tiny feathers of a bird called tsentsu (?mythical), tied to a small piece of stick. "If a man can touch a woman's hand with this, she is his ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Phom naga objects C910.jpg naga objects C910.jpg naga objects C910.jpg nagaobjectsC910.jpg nagaobjectsC910.jpg Ceremonial hair-cutting hammer of bamboo with a bean-like seed (?sworn-bean) on each of the seven pieces into which it is split. This is ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak naga objects C911.jpg naga objects C911.jpg naga objects C911.jpg nagaobjectsC911.jpg nagaobjectsC911.jpg naga objects C912.jpg naga objects C912.jpg naga objects C912.jpg nagaobjectsC912.jpg nagaobjectsC912.jpg Warrior's hip ornament formed of two carved heads..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chaokik naga objects C913.jpg naga objects C913.jpg naga objects C913.jpg nagaobjectsC913.jpg nagaobjectsC913.jpg Man's ear ornament of thin cane slips topped with abrus seeds and bound together, the seeds forming a black-centred red circle. Tassels of white feathers ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Chang naga objects C914.jpg naga objects C914.jpg naga objects C914.jpg nagaobjectsC914.jpg nagaobjectsC914.jpg naga objects C915.jpg naga objects C915.jpg naga objects C915.jpg nagaobjectsC915.jpg nagaobjectsC915.jpg German helmet brought back ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C918.jpg naga objects C918.jpg naga objects C918.jpg nagaobjectsC918.jpg nagaobjectsC918.jpg [Bunch of leaves with sticks through them and put up in a field to bewitch a man and his crops.] Eastern Angami, Phulama village. artefacts Angami ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Angami (Eastern) naga objects C919.jpg naga objects C919.jpg naga objects C919.jpg nagaobjectsC919.jpg nagaobjectsC919.jpg Wooden cup or mug with handle, all in one piece. the base has four round depressions at the edge like a basket. A break has ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Western) naga objects C920.jpg naga objects C920.jpg naga objects C920.jpg nagaobjectsC920.jpg nagaobjectsC920.jpg Winder for making woollen ear-plugs: two long slips of bamboo bent into a double triangle tied in the centre. Wool is wound round [half-way along ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Lhota naga objects C924.jpg naga objects C924.jpg naga objects C924.jpg nagaobjectsC924.jpg nagaobjectsC924.jpg Pair of ear-pads for dance dress made of cotton pads in which are inserted printed pieces of bamboo, 3 to a pad, with goat's hair ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C925.jpg naga objects C925.jpg naga objects C925.jpg nagaobjectsC925.jpg nagaobjectsC925.jpg Wooden imitation spear-head hung from the lintel of a house to keep away spirits. Sema, Mishilimi village. artefacts Sema Mishilimi error Sema Mishilimi 6:110 ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Lhota (Liye) naga objects C926.jpg naga objects C926.jpg naga objects C926.jpg nagaobjectsC926.jpg nagaobjectsC926.jpg Ear ornament, zangpha, of forked cane blackened with boiling pig fat, bound with yellow orchid-skin and red cane. Liye Lhota, ..
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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 Konyak naga objects C929.jpg naga objects C929.jpg naga objects C929.jpg nagaobjectsC929.jpg nagaobjectsC929.jpg naga objects C1300.jpg naga objects C1300.jpg naga objects C1300.jpg nagaobjectsC1300.jpg nagaobjectsC1300.jpg Warrior's hip ornament composed of a block ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C930.jpg naga objects C930.jpg naga objects C930.jpg nagaobjectsC930.jpg nagaobjectsC930.jpg Pair of woman's small ear pendants worn in a hole made in the top edge of the helix; of thin brass wire coiled flat at one end, the other curved against the coil ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Rengma naga objects C931.jpg naga objects C931.jpg naga objects C931.jpg nagaobjectsC931.jpg nagaobjectsC931.jpg Amulet in the form of a strip of cane pointed at both ends with a tuft of fowl-feathers bound on below one end. It is set up where a stream is cutting in or ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford naga objects C933.jpg naga objects C933.jpg naga objects C933.jpg nagaobjectsC933.jpg nagaobjectsC933.jpg Flat bronze gong, formerly used as currency. Ao, Yacham village. artefacts Ao Yacham 6:120 Mills J.P. 1936-07-14:1936-07-14 gift Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1934.82...
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Manchester Museum 1925-01-01:1925-12-31 Sangtam (Southern) naga objects C936.jpg naga objects C936.jpg naga objects C936.jpg nagaobjectsC936.jpg nagaobjectsC936.jpg Circle of plaited cane holding a small whetstone for sharpening dao, originally attached to a dao sheath. Southern Sangtam. ..
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Manchester Museum 1925-01-01:1925-12-31 Chang naga objects C937.jpg naga objects C937.jpg naga objects C937.jpg nagaobjectsC937.jpg nagaobjectsC937.jpg Necklace, of 13 lengths of porcupine quill on thin string, with spacers of small pieces of narrow white quill. Chang. artefacts Chang error Chang..
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Manchester Museum 1925-01-01:1925-12-31 Sema naga objects C939.jpg naga objects C939.jpg naga objects C939.jpg nagaobjectsC939.jpg nagaobjectsC939.jpg Container for protecting hornbill feathers. Two rectangular frames, each made from 6 strips of cane fastened together by plaiting other strips of ..
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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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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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Manchester Museum 1925-01-01:1925-12-31 Sema naga objects C942.jpg naga objects C942.jpg naga objects C942.jpg nagaobjectsC942.jpg nagaobjectsC942.jpg [Baldric]. A strip of red cloth, faded, with red embroidery, fringes, and with tufts of red-dyed goat hair. Sema. artefacts Sema Sema 6:134 Mills ..
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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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Manchester Museum 1925-01-01:1925-12-31 Angami naga objects C948.jpg naga objects C948.jpg naga objects C948.jpg nagaobjectsC948.jpg nagaobjectsC948.jpg Man's breast ornament, of concentric circles of red, black and yellow goat hair, arranged on a wooden backing. Inner ring of ? Job's tears seeds..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C949.jpg naga objects C949.jpg naga objects C949.jpg nagaobjectsC949.jpg nagaobjectsC949.jpg Cloth given to a girl by her parents on her 3rd New Year's Day. Ao, Mokongtsu village. artefacts Ao Mokongtsu Ao Mokongtsu 6:145 Mills J.P. 1926-10-01:1926-10-31..
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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 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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Ao naga objects C953.jpg naga objects C953.jpg naga objects C953.jpg nagaobjectsC953.jpg nagaobjectsC953.jpg Rich woman's festival cloth of dull pink-red with black bands and stripes. The broad bands have triple red lines in the centre. Two narrower bands near the long ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Ao naga objects C955.jpg naga objects C955.jpg naga objects C955.jpg nagaobjectsC955.jpg nagaobjectsC955.jpg Skirt worn by old and middle-aged women of Chamirr and Lungkamrr clans whose fathers and forefathers have done the mithan sacrifice. Ao, ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C959.jpg naga objects C959.jpg naga objects C959.jpg nagaobjectsC959.jpg nagaobjectsC959.jpg Young man's cloth. Eastern Angami, Cheswezumi village. artefacts Angami Eastern Cheswezumi Angami (Eastern) Cheswezumi 6:155 Mills J.P. 1936-06-03:..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C960.jpg naga objects C960.jpg naga objects C960.jpg nagaobjectsC960.jpg nagaobjectsC960.jpg Young woman's skirt of black with narrow white panel. The black sides are edged with a red line: the panel is ornamented with woven transverse ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Western) naga objects C961.jpg naga objects C961.jpg naga objects C961.jpg nagaobjectsC961.jpg nagaobjectsC961.jpg Cloth of a man who has given all Feasts of Merit. Brick-red, black and yellow stripes; trade colours. Western Angami, Kohima village. artefacts ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Angami (Eastern) naga objects C962.jpg naga objects C962.jpg naga objects C962.jpg nagaobjectsC962.jpg nagaobjectsC962.jpg Girl's skirt, can be worn from puberty till after marriage. White with black and orange stripes, trade colours. The broken line in the middle ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Lhota (Liye) naga objects C965.jpg naga objects C965.jpg naga objects C965.jpg nagaobjectsC965.jpg nagaobjectsC965.jpg Phangdrup, cloth which can be worn by a man who has done the first social genna, but who has not touched a corpse. Composed of ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Lhota (Liye) naga objects C970.jpg naga objects C970.jpg naga objects C970.jpg nagaobjectsC970.jpg nagaobjectsC970.jpg Woman's skirt. Given by Santemo's wife. Liye Lhota, Niroyo village. artefacts Lhota Liye Niroyo Lhota (Liye) Niroyo 6:167 Mills J.P. 1925-02-15:1925-02..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sangtam (Southern) naga objects C971.jpg naga objects C971.jpg naga objects C971.jpg nagaobjectsC971.jpg nagaobjectsC971.jpg Man's cloth of indigo with groups of 3 or 4 white lines, with the central lines worked with red wool oblongs. Made by Kalyo-Kengyu and traded. [..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Sema naga objects C973.jpg naga objects C973.jpg naga objects C973.jpg nagaobjectsC973.jpg nagaobjectsC973.jpg naga objects C974.jpg naga objects C974.jpg naga objects C974.jpg nagaobjectsC974.jpg nagaobjectsC974.jpg Body cloth of dark indigo with sparse white lines ..
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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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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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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Zemi naga objects C994.jpg naga objects C994.jpg naga objects C994.jpg nagaobjectsC994.jpg nagaobjectsC994.jpg Tally used to keep count of the number of household to which the young men of the morung must distribute shares of pork at the annual festival. The big ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1928-01-01:1928-12-31 Angami naga objects C1270.jpg naga objects C1270.jpg naga objects C1270.jpg nagaobjectsC1270.jpg nagaobjectsC1270.jpg naga objects C1271.jpg naga objects C1271.jpg naga objects C1271.jpg nagaobjectsC1271.jpg nagaobjectsC1271.jpg naga objects ..
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