The Nagas

Hutton Furer-Haimendorf 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma tours Hutton Furer-Haimendorf Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 31st December 1946. This morning I set out for Khonoma, the first Angami village I shall see and the most redoubtable of all the ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma rice terraces tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Although the track begins three miles below Khonoma rice fields belonging to the village commence almost at once and we were soon moving along a ridge with a vast tract..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field houses tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 53 Dotted through the fields are little thatched huts where in bad weather men and women keep their clothes and food and eat their meals. Close..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma monoliths tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As we neared Khonoma, monoliths grew more and more plentiful and in some of the fields there are whole colonies of stones standing on end and looking down the valley. Many ..
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Semoma clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field rest house tours mechuki tsungi Semoma clan Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 About half a mile from the village we came to a field rest-house. This is known as 'Mechuki' and is a solidly built hall with ..
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Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma cones made at path clearing festival tours Pawsey Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just below the hall there is an ascending series of mud platforms. The three lowest each contains a single globed cone, moulded out..
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Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma scarecrows, shrine of Kipuche tours Kipuche Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From the hall the path drops down to a stream and the fields were ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma fortress and gates tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just above the stones the path comes out at a great roofed block-house which marks the village entrance. There is a large carved gate nearby and the village is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma children's tops; dress tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Inside the village, all the smaller boys and girls were playing with tops. The stone is carefully cut into two cones and is spun in exactly the same way as ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma gaonbura's house tours Sekrengi festival Thekrangi festival Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After toiling up the spur, I was glad to stop at a gaonbura's house. This is used as a 'theka ki' at the Sekrengi festival and ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma stone circle tours Kemova Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 A most impressive feature of the village is the great stone circle which marks the grave of the first director of the village ceremonies, the Kemova. This is ..
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Unelhu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma views on independence tours Unelhu Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After lunch I sat on a high fort taking in the enormous view and talking to Unelhu about the coming changes. He is attached to the public works ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Wakching Totok (Totok Chingha) Longmien trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Wakching Totok (Totok Chingha) Longmien 1946-03-21:1946-08-20 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Longmien and Totok Chingha. On..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Yang-Am (Yongam) Aopao Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Nian trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Yang-Am (Yongam) Aopao Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Nian 1946-08-20:1946-08-20 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Nian ..
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Adams P.F. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Longmien (Longmein) Totok 13:22 notes Next Longmein - Totok war copy of memo from Adams to Blah Archer W.G. Previous 80 Longmein - Totok war copy of memo from Adams to Blah notes Adams P.F. Longmien (Longmein) Totok 1946-09-18:1946-09-18 1946-09-09:1946-09-09 Archer..
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Blah H. Chingai 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:22 notes Next Longmein - Totok war reply from Blah to Adams Archer W.G. Previous 80 Longmein - Totok war reply from Blah to Adams notes Blah H. Chingai 1946-10-26:1946-10-26 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:22 Memo no. 2081G dated Mokokchung the 261046. ..
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Chingai 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Longmien (Longmein) Totok 13:22 notes Next Longmein - Totok war reply from Blah to Adams Archer W.G. Previous 80 Longmein - Totok war reply from Blah to Adams notes Chingai Longmien (Longmein) Totok 1946-11-08:1946-11-08 1946-10-26:1946-10-26 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Adams Pawsey 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima Mokokchung 10:1 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer Archer's initial posting to the Naga Hills Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters from Mills to Archer Archer's initial posting to the Naga Hills letters notes Mills J.P. Archer..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Blah Rai Bahadur H. Adams P.F. Pawsey Godfrey R.W. Nehru 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mokokchung Nakachari R.S. (Nakachari) Lakhuni Cholimsen (Chongliyemsen) Chungtia 10:2 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer suggested route to Mokokchung Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters ..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams Lhuvisele Kohoto 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima 10:8 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer introduction to Kohima Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters from Mills to Archer introduction to Kohima letters notes NNC Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams Lhuvisele ..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mokokchung Kohima 10:9 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer work as Addl. D.C. Mokokchung Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters from Mills to Archer work as Addl. D.C. Mokokchung letters notes Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams ..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Stonor 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 10:10 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer appointment of Stonor as agricultural officer Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters from Mills to Archer appointment of Stonor as agricultural officer letters notes Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Stonor 1946..
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Saadulla Bardoloi Gandhi 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 17:25 notes Next report in 'The Statesman' copied by Archer about Naga independence Archer W.G. Previous 80 report in 'The Statesman' copied by Archer about Naga independence notes Saadulla Bardoloi Gandhi 1946-12-26:1946-12-26 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:..
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Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting at Wokha, June 1946 diaries Kevichusa 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-06-01:1946-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 These differences in viewpoint were fully existent when the N.N.C. met at Wokha, midway between Mokokchung and Kohima, in June 1946. At ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 various views on Naga independence from the newspaper 'The Naga Nation', from October 1946 diaries 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-10-01:1946-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But although the Wokha resolution was passed unanimously the Angamis were not convinced and when ..
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Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee elected in Delhi to advise on the constitution of the Naga Hills, December 1946 diaries Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18..
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Zhekhuingba of Laisong private collection Khangnam Laisong 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next artefacts collected by Ursula Graham Bower wooden models of daos Graham Bower Ursula Previous 27 artefacts collected by Ursula Graham Bower wooden models of daos notes Zhekhuingba of Laisong Khangnam Laisong..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Laisong gennas laxity over gennas notes Laisong 1946-01-24:1946-01-24 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Note: On 24.1.46 Laisong village performed the ceremony hapao-lia-na, making offerings similar to those at Heramui and calling ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Khangnam stones at Khangnam notes Khangnam 1946-01-11:1946-01-11 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection A newly-erected line of stones near Khangnam, seen about 11.1.46; had two stones with smaller stones in front of them; these ..
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1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge marriage and relations between the sexes wives to the dead notes 1946-02-05:1946-02-05 Graham Bower Ursula 1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge On 5.2.1946 there was a death in the village. When I asked next ..
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1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge Katsingpeo-ki Mt. Betts papers, folder 6 notes Next notes on Siemi sites site nine Graham Bower Ursula Previous 29 notes on Siemi sites site nine notes Katsingpeo-ki Mt. 1946-01-29:1946-01-29 Graham Bower Ursula 1939-01-01:1946-12-31 ..
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1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge Guilong Betts papers, folder 6 notes Next notes on Siemi sites site ten Graham Bower Ursula Previous 29 notes on Siemi sites site ten notes Guilong 1946-01-11:1946-01-11 Graham Bower Ursula 1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Betts papers, folder 6 ..
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1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge Hajaichak Betts papers, folder 6 notes Next notes on Siemi sites site eleven Graham Bower Ursula Previous 29 notes on Siemi sites site eleven notes Hajaichak 1946-02-10:1946-02-10 Graham Bower Ursula 1939-01-01:1946-12-31 Betts papers,..
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1950-01-01:1950-12-31 M.A. thesis, University College, London Laisong Impoi Next chapter two - the village the size of the village constraints on minimal size of villages theses Nzemi Laisong Impoi 1946-01-01:1946-12-31 Betts U.V. 1950-01-01:1950-12-31 M.A. thesis, University College, London ..
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1950-01-01:1950-12-31 M.A. thesis, University College, London Thingje Next Chapter five: land tenure and agriculture the agricultural system almost all land under cultivation in dry rice theses Nzemi Thingje 1946-01-01:1946-12-31 Betts U.V. 1950-01-01:1950-12-31 M.A. thesis, University College, ..
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Chapter thirty-four. Magulong VJ celebrations at Haflong books 1946-01-01:1946-12-31 Graham Bower Ursula (238) Except for flying visits, Tim didn't get back till the spring of 1946, when he appeared finally, demobilized, and trying for a job on the newly-formed North-East Frontier. He found me busy..
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Khutuing Magulong Chapter thirty-four. Magulong to Magulong books Khutuing Magulong 1946-05-01:1946-05-31 Graham Bower Ursula Various things held us up during April and we didn't start till the beginning of May. Eastward we went, down into the narrow Jiri, up over the far hill- it came on to pour ..
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Khutuing Magulong Chapter thirty-five. Finale Zemi wedding at Magulong books Khutuing Magulong 1946-05-01:1946-05-31 Graham Bower Ursula (246) In the next mail came the news that Tim had his appointment in the North-East Frontier service. He had been given the Subansiri Area, the post we hardly ..
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Chapter thirty-five. Finale leaving Magulong books 1946-05-01:1946-05-31 Graham Bower Ursula The next morning we left. Half the bucks of the village wanted to come with us to work. The village suffered from the Barail's disease - shortage of land and chronic poverty. We took down names and told ..
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