The Nagas

1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti Lungkam head-takers' aprons and cloths tours Ao Mongsenyimti Lungkam 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 6th February On the way to Mongsenyimti I noticed a number of Ao all wearing the aprons of head takers and I was told that Lungkam is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti pipe smoking tours Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 (57) A feature of all the Aos this side is pipe smoking. Almost every one has a pipe - old women, young girls, adult men, small boys. The pipes are of three kinds. A metal ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti school carvings tours Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 7th February A day in the village. Photographed the carvings on the school house. nagaarchphotP48362.jpg nagaarchphotP48363.jpg nagaarchphotP48987.jpg nagaarchphotP48988...
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti Y posts tours Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Many houses have Y posts in front of them, one for every mithan sacrificed. When you have given three such sacrifices you can erect a carved pillar. A house quite near the ..
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Chongli khel Yimbangrocho clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti morungs and morung carvings tours Chongli khel Yimbangrocho clan Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 There are at present two morungs, both of them with fully carved pillars and both in excellent ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti abandoned log drum due to christianity tours Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 (59) Further up the village and poised on a hill is a second log drum. The Khel is now christian and the log drum no longer possesses any shed or ..
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Kikanuksini 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti Yungpung cemetery tours Kikanuksini Ao Mongsenyimti Yungpung 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Between the christian Khels and the rest of the village is a long cemetery. The former custom of exposing the dead is no longer ..
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Lima of Mongsenyimti 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti house carving tours Lima of Mongsenyimti Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Some distance to the south of the cemetery is the house of Lima, the dobashi. This was built nine years ago and although he had ..
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Mileva of Mongsenyimti 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti Sangpo head tree tours Mileva of Mongsenyimti Ao Mongsenyimti Sangpo 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At the present time the head-tree is a small and thorny tree set among the village houses and springing from a heap ..
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Lima Pungmenu clan Chaneri clan Songkong morung 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti log drum rules and rituals tours moatzu Lima Pungmenu clan Chaneri clan Songkong morung Ao Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 During the evening I discussed with Lima the local rules..
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Furer-Haimendorf Lima 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongsenyimti Pangsha significance of heads 'captured' by Christoph von Furer- Haimendorf tours Furer-Haimendorf Lima Ao Mongsenyimti Pangsha 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lima tells me that the four heads captured by Christoph at..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:22 Mokokchung Mongsenyimti Ao poetry gate, morung and log drum at Mongsenyimti village notes education customs christianity Mokokchung Mongsenyimti 1947-02-06:1947-02-07 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:22 6th February. Yesterday Mr [] the Headmaster of the Ao M.E. ..
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