The Nagas

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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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang tours Ao 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 8th February Today I walked to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang and then back to Mongsenyimti. Next R65627 R65627 Previous R65625 R65625 tours Next visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang Archer ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Ungri (Ungr) visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang log drum and gate at Ungr tours Ao Ungri (Ungr) 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At Ungr, an old village gate is standing by the log drum. On one side four large rings are cut in the wood and on the back two ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mongnyu visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang Phom carving tours Ao Phom Mongnyu 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In a gaonbura's house I came across my first examples of Phom carving. The gaonbura had got them from Mongnyu, a Phom village 20 miles to the ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Ungri (Ungr) visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang decline of morung at Ungr due to christianity tours Ao Ungri (Ungr) 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At the end of the village is a new morung and by the side of it is the log drum. The morung itself has been..
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Lima 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chuchu Yimlang visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang log drums at Chuchu Yimlang tours Lima Ao Chuchu Yimlang 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In Chuchu Yimlang there are two morungs and both are adjacent to log-drums. The first drum has 'ears' in front ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chuchu Yimlang visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang Y posts and house carving at Chuchu Yimlang tours Ao Chuchu Yimlang 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In the village I noticed two magnificent Y posts in front of a gaonbura's house. Each was painted with ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chuchu Yimlang visit to Ungr and Chuchu Yimlang morung and morung carvings at Chuchu Yimlang tours moatzu Ao Chuchu Yimlang 1947-02-08:1947-02-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The other morung is in a vastly better condition. It contains six frontal pillars and all of them..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mokokchung tours Mokokchung 1947-02-09:1947-02-10 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 9th-10th February. Back on the 9th to Mokokchung - 10th getting ready for going to Kohima. Noticed in 'The Statesman' that Codrington and Basil Gray have arrived at Delhi and that the ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba tours Ao 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 11th February Set out with the sky full of clouds but not the great roaring wind which buffeted the trees all the way on the 9th. Next R65635 R65635 Previous R65633 R65633 ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khensa visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba khel gates at Khensa tours Lungma genna Pukulalung genna Lyabamung genna Yimkalun genna Ao Khensa 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At Khensa found that each Khel has a gate still firmly standing in a small shed...
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Chongli khel Mongsen khel Tamjenchosang of Khensa 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khensa visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba feasts of merit and house carving at Khensa tours Chongli khel Mongsen khel Tamjenchosang of Khensa Ao Khensa 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Ao Nagas', Mills ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khensa visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba morungs at Khensa tours Ao Khensa 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Although the morungs are very far from derelict, none of them has carvings, and none is at present used by boys as dormitories. I noticed that ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chungtia visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba graves at Chungtia tours Ao Chungtia 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At Chungtia there is a long line of graves beside the village path. The graves of women are intermixed with those of men and all of them ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chungtia visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba gate at Chungtia tours Ao Chungtia 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Like Khensa, Chungtia has a huge gate hewn from a single tree. There are no carvings but lines based on the chang 'ostrich feather' pattern ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Aliba visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba morung at Aliba tours Ao Aliba 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 (68) In Aliba the morung is very neat and smart though it was no longer used for sleeping purposes. Inside the hall are two huge pillars each carved..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khensa Chungtia Aliba visit to Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba log drums tours Ao Khensa Chungtia Aliba 1947-02-11:1947-02-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khensa, Chungtia and Aliba all have magnificent log-drums and I have written a separate note about them. nagaarchphot..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cholimsen (Chongliyimsen) tours Cholimsen (Chongliyimsen) 1947-02-12:1947-02-12 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 February 12 To Chongliyimsen Next R65643 R65643 Previous R65641 R65641 tours Next Archer W.G. Previous 79 1947-02-12:1947-02-12 1947-02-12 February 12 To ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lakhuni Charali problem with elephants tours Lakhuni Charali 1947-02-13:1947-02-14 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 February 13 To Lakhuni February 14 To Charali. At Lakhuni the gaonbura complained of wild elephants. 'Only three days ago there were four in the fields. Our ..
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Lima 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mongsenyimti 15:1 notes Next house carving Archer W.G. 80 house carving notes Lima Mongsenyimti Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:1 Mills, Ao Nagas, 218 Mongsenyimti. Lima has a carved panel on his house with a tortoise in the middle. (In the village there is a sacred ..
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Bazu 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Pfutsero 15:2 notes Next house carving Archer W.G. Previous Angami 80 house carving notes warrior Bazu Angami Pfutsero Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:2 E. Angami, Pfutsero. In the house of Bazu - gaonbura has 10 heads carved on a panel + carved mithan heads + 4 ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:3 Chizami (Chizema) Pfutsero house carving notes head-taking ancestors japs tallies Angami Eastern Chizami (Chizema) Pfutsero Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:3 E. Angami, Chizema, Pfutsero. Wooden heads on house front - usually only when a man had taken at least 5 ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:4 Khuzami house carvings notes slaves seduction Angami Eastern Khuzami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:4 E. Angami, Khuzami. A house with mithan heads, human heads, breasts and 2 little figures - carved on the front planks - the figures = 2 slaves captured by the ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:5 Kekrima house horns and house carving notes feast of merit Angami Eastern Kekrima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:5 E. Angami, house horns. The sky at Kekrima is fretted with horns rearing their black and sinister fans against the huge hills and towering clouds. The ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:6 Thenizumi field rest house carvings at Thenizumi notes Angami Eastern Thenizumi Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:6 E. Angami. The field rest house of Thenizumi is in a somewhat gloomy setting but has a new type of carving on its four panels. Three heads of mithan are ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:7 Lakhuni house carving notes Ao Lakhuni Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:7 Ao, Lakhuni. A rich man's house - cross-board with carvings of hornbills- mithan (fully) snake a centre board with leopard, a little bird and a rhinoceros - put up 6 years ago - 1941 - carved by..
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house carvings notes feast of merit Nehoizu Sema Sakhalu Yehimi Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:8 Sema. Hutton, Sema Nagas, 48 & 227-8 Sakhalu. Chief's house - rows of breasts - 6 in a line - many mithan heads - also a head - the latter after completing all the gennas (possible only if ..
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Chulevo Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Khonoma Jotsoma 15:10 notes Next reasons for carving house horns Archer W.G. Previous Angami 80 reasons for carving house horns notes zhatho genna Chulevo Angami Angami Khonoma Jotsoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:10 Khonoma - reason for no carvings and ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:11 Kohima house carving and painting notes Angami Kohima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:11 Hutton, Angami Nagas, 53 Angami. Draw with charcoal and yellow stone. Those who actually carve are genna that day - they must do no other work - are given special food by the ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:12 Khonoma reproductions in pith notes Sekrengi festival Khonoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:12 Hutton, Angami Nagas, 205 At Khonoma these were installed in the gaonbura's house of the [blank] khel. The ornament extended all along a panel of the wall. In the middle..
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Yakhele Angami Zakamvu (Zkamoh) Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima 15:13 notes Next mithan carvings Archer W.G. Previous Angami 80 mithan carvings notes zhatho genna thesa genna Yakhele Angami Zakamvu (Zkamoh) Angami Angami Kohima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:13 Angami. Mithan carvings. (..
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Thepfuseu Khulazu of Pasami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 15:14 notes Next house carving depicting mithan Archer W.G. Previous Angami 80 house carving depicting mithan notes zhatho genna Thepfuseu Khulazu of Pasami Angami Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:..
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Rudai 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:15 notes Next house horns Archer W.G. Previous 80 house horns notes Rudai Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:15 House 'horns' are described as 'mithan horns' and the holes as 'eyes'. The latter are designed to give the wind passage as otherwise the horns would rock ..
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Semoma clan 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Zhakhama (Jakhama) Khonoma 15:16 notes Next field rest house and earth cones Archer W.G. Previous 80 field rest house and earth cones notes tsungi genna Semoma clan Zhakhama (Jakhama) Khonoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:16 Hutton, Angami Nagas, 46 Field ..
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Sangpo khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:17 notes Next Y posts Archer W.G. Previous 80 Y posts notes Sangpo khel Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:17 putting the human heads on a Y post is a privilege of the Sangpo Khel to mark their superiority. (2 heads for every mithan ever sacrificed - but only ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:18 Longsa Y posts notes Longsa Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:18 Y posts at Longsa. SKETCH nagaarchskS46482.jpg nagaarchskS46483.jpg nagaarchskS46484.jpg nagaarchphotP48727.jpg Next R66017 R66017 Previous R66015 R66015 notes Next Y posts Archer W.G. Previous 80 1946-..
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Lungti khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:19 notes Next sentry house carvings Archer W.G. Previous 80 sentry house carvings notes Lungti khel Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:19 Sentry house with post carved with 2 breasts, 2 heads, 4 hornbills and 2 tigers. Mithan heads - leaves tied to them on 1st..
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Noksuraba Ao 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Longsa 15:20 notes Next mithan posts Archer W.G. Previous Ao 80 mithan posts notes Noksuraba Ao Ao Longsa Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:20 Longsa - Noksuraba Ao. 5 posts 3 with carved human heads 1. 5 heads 2. 6 heads 3. 2 heads. for cutting 1 mithan first ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:21 Namsang Tamlu house carving notes Konyak Namsang Tamlu Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 15:21 Konyak - house carvings. Namsang Tamlu If a Konyak gives a mithan feast, he can put up posts with carved mithan heads - one head for every mithan killed - [Smaller than Angami ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:1 Yongyimti funeral rites notes Chang Yongyimti Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:1 Chang (practise as described but not followed Yongyimti - here it is like Aos, a graveyard outside the village) When a man dies, he is buried inside his house - under the floor - no ..
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Meheni Angami Evige Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Losami 9:2 notes Next grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous Angami Eastern 80 grave effigies notes head-taking tallies Meheni Angami Evige Angami Angami Eastern Losami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:2 E. Angami, Losami. A tradition of putting up ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:3 Kekrima Pfutsero Losami grave effigies notes head-taking Kekrima Pfutsero Losami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:3 Kekrima - no tradition of grave effigies. Pfutsero & Losami - traditions and practice of putting up the figures - but now extinct since no longer any ..
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Nihui Angami Hitsezu Murozu Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Chizami (Chizema) 9:4 notes Next carved stone grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous Angami Eastern 80 carved stone grave effigies notes warrior seduction Nihui Angami Hitsezu Murozu Angami Angami Eastern Chizami (Chizema) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:5 Phele grave effigies notes stone-dragging christianity Angami Eastern Phele Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:5 E. Angami. Phele. The former custom ie. up to 20 years ago - any rich man would erect a grave effigy for his father or his son on the latter's death - wealth ..
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Choie Angami Shenzo Angami Vetzore Angami Sahi Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) 9:6 notes Next grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous Angami Eastern 80 grave effigies notes japs seduction head-taking feast of merit Choie Angami Shenzo Angami Vetzore Angami Sahi Angami Angami Eastern..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:7 Pfutsero grave effigies notes head-taking Angami Eastern Pfutsero Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:7 E. Angami. Pfutsero. No warrior's effigies because it is 70 years since head-taking was stopped. Of recent years no warriors who were entitled to effigies - no heads, no..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:8 Kekrima grave post notes feast of merit Kekrima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:8 Wooden figures. At Kekrima, a serrated post on a rich man's grave - a token of feast of merit - (photographed nagaarchphotP48686.jpg nagaarchphotP48687.jpg Next R66028 R66028 Previous ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:9 Kekrima stone grave effigies notes head-takers Kekrima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:9 Stone figures. Kekrima. A tradition that famous head- takers were entitled to 2 stone figures - a vertical block with a roughly shaped head - and eyes and mouth incised. Set up on ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:10. Wanching skull urns or cists notes bihu Wanching Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:10. Wanching. A new urn in a morung. When the head is taken from the corpse, it is put in the urn and taken out to the forest, away from the body. The head is turned away from the ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:11 Chinglong (Chinlong) Chingtang (Chintang) grave effigies notes Konyak Chinglong (Chinlong) Chingtang (Chintang) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:11 Konyak. Chintong (Chinlong?). Grave effigies - only for unmarried boys or unmarried girls. If a boy, the boys of his ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:12 Namsang death rituals notes bihu Namsang Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:12 Death. Namsang. 9-15 days after death the head is taken from the corpse. A little bamboo table is made and draped with a cloth. The skull is put on top - kept there until Bihu. Then at Bihu a ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:13 Chingtang (Chintang) death rituals notes bihu cist Konyak Chingtang (Chintang) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:13 Konyak. Chintang. In hot weather 9 days, in cold 15-16. Skull is taken off - brought to the house - cleaned - put out in the sun to dry - fed with rice ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:14 Chingphoi grave effigies notes cist bihu Konyak Chingphoi Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:14 Konyak. Chingphoi. All boys who have entered a morung and all men get effigies - a pair for each man. (Girls and women do not). 'The figures are put up so that they may wear ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:15 Wanching grave effigies notes bihu cist Wanching Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:15 Wanching. Grave effigies made in pairs for all male morung members. On the Wakching pattern but not for any girl or woman 'so that his name may remain'. The skull is taken from the ..
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Aokeang morung Tepong morung Palang morung Pala morung 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Wakching 9:16 notes Next grave effigies and the fate of the soul Archer W.G. Previous 80 grave effigies and the fate of the soul notes Aokeang morung Tepong morung Palang morung Pala morung Wakching Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:17 Totok grave effigies and the fate of the soul notes Totok Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:17 Totok. The Ang of Totok - in pairs - only for big men - 'After death the soul goes to the land of the dead. This land is beyond the village of Aopao. It is under the ground. ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:18 Kongan gate at Kongan village notes bihu Konyak Kongan Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:18 Konyak. Kongon. gate - a lych gate with a gate - 2 doors which join in the centre - incised with a sun - 2 triangular men SKETCH nagaarchskS46489.jpg - shut every night - once a ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:19 Kongan (Kongon) funeral rituals and memorials to the dead notes Konyak Kongan (Kongon) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:19 Konyak. Kongon. grave effigies. No effigies - the dead exposed in platforms in open coffins roofed with palm leaves - a row of coffins with twin ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:20 Mon grave effigies notes Mon Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:20 Mon. gaonbura of Mon. Figures in pairs in little shed - only big men get it - cloths - never women - no Konyak custom of putting up effigies for women - no effigies for enemies killed by them. 'We do it ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:21 Hungphoi (Hongfoi) Lunglam (Longlam) Oting Longkhai Wakching Kongan (Kongon) Punkhung Tanhai Wangla grave effigies notes Hungphoi (Hongfoi) Lunglam (Longlam) Oting Longkhai Wakching Kongan (Kongon) Punkhung Tanhai Wangla Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:21 Grave ..
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Sewang gaonbura of Choaha 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Choha (Chaoha) 9:22 notes Next grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous 80 grave effigies notes Sewang gaonbura of Choaha Choha (Chaoha) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:22 Chaoha, (tribal area) - gaonbura = Sewang. Grave effigies are set up in pairs ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:23 Khonoma head-taker's model man notes genna Khonoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:23 Re the headtaker's model man, Khonoma all refused to carve and sell one saying it would weaken the Khel in war 'to sell a man' - it was genna to 'make a man' for anyone not of the ..
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Ang morung Oting 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Oting 9:24 notes Next grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous Konyak 80 grave effigies notes Ang morung Oting Konyak Oting Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:24 Konyak. Oting. Grave effigies. Males only. nagaarchphotP48535.jpg nagaarchphotP48536.jpg nagaarchphot..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:25 grave effigies and gennas notes Konyak Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:25 Hutton, Diaries, 28 Konyaks a different attitude re gennas - dress also is not a guide to status - a great variability. Grave effigies in all the Konyak villages in the Naga Hills (ie ..
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Shankok 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:26 notes Next carved human figures Archer W.G. Previous 80 carved human figures notes genna Shankok Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:26 Shankok said - genna to carve a human figure except for a morung or for a dead man - 'it is risking someone's life' - ' to carve..
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Nagpun Mauwang Stonor Charles 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:27 notes Next wood carving Archer W.G. Previous 80 wood carving notes Nagpun Mauwang Stonor Charles Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:27 Everyone recognised Nagpun and were very amused at the photos of girls doing their hair. Mauwang has no ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:28. grave effigy notes Konyak Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:28. Re grave figures - the Konyaks conscious object is complete fidelity to life - a Madame Tussaud's figure is the ideal - To resemble in the most photographic manner possible the dead person - at the same ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:29. Longkhai Wakching carving of grave effigies notes funeral tattoo Konyak Longkhai Wakching Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:29. Konyak. Longkhai. Grave figures. When a man (or boy of morung membership) dies, the house owner calls 3 men to carve the 2 figures - he ..
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Mauwang 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Wakching Longkhai 9:30 notes Next grave effigies Archer W.G. Previous Konyak 80 grave effigies notes Mauwang Konyak Wakching Longkhai Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:30 Konyak. Grave figures. Only for men - not for women. The morung members carve it - observe no ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:31 Kohima death notes sacrifice Kohima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:31 The house of the dead. In Kohima if a family has a run of deaths a pig is sacrificed and the family grave is cleaned and tended ie the dead are mobilised for countering sickness. cf. the Nerhema ..
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Konsika Yienyu Krusihu Nurhemo 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima 9:32 notes Next grave effigies and head-taking Archer W.G. Previous 80 grave effigies and head-taking notes slaves Konsika Yienyu Krusihu Nurhemo Kohima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:32 Kohima. Grave effigies. The former custom was ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:33 Chezumi (Chezubama) Nerhema grave effigies notes head-hunters Angami Eastern Angami Northern Chezumi (Chezubama) Nerhema Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:33 Eastern Angami. Grave figures. Now very scarce - since put up only on the graves of successful head-hunters. The..
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Horotsuma khel Chakuma khel Seyatsuma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Merema 12:1 notes Next gate at Merema Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Merema notes Horotsuma khel Chakuma khel Seyatsuma khel Merema Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:1 Merema. A gate jointly possessed and made by 3 Khels (..
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Kesinoma khel Reditsuma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Merema 12:2 notes Next gate at Merema Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Merema notes Kesinoma khel Reditsuma khel Merema Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:2 Merema. A gate jointly possessed by the Kesinoma and Reditsuma clans. SKETCH nagaarchsk..
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Nisonuma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mezema (Mezoma) 12:3 notes Next gate at Mezoma village, Nisonuma khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Mezoma village, Nisonuma khel notes Nisonuma khel Mezema (Mezoma) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:3 Mezoma. Gates to a single village pattern - the ..
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Vihotsuma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mezema (Mezoma) 12:4 notes Next gate at Mezoma village, Vihotsuma khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Mezoma village, Vihotsuma khel notes Vihotsuma khel Mezema (Mezoma) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:4 Mezoma. Vihotsuma Khel - gate in good condition - ..
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Pfepetsuma clan 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mezema (Mezoma) 12:5 notes Next gate at Mezoma, Pfepetsuma clan Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Mezoma, Pfepetsuma clan notes Pfepetsuma clan Mezema (Mezoma) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:5 Mezoma. Gate Pfepetsuma clan. Very good - same pattern - deep ..
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Kavema khel Merelitsuma khel Ihulievi Angami Vitsoso Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kigwema 12:6 notes Next gates at Kigwema village Archer W.G. Previous 80 gates at Kigwema village notes Kavema khel Merelitsuma khel Ihulievi Angami Vitsoso Angami Kigwema Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:6 ..
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Makuma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kigwema 12:7 notes Next gate at Kigwema, Makuma khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Kigwema, Makuma khel notes Makuma khel Kigwema Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:7 Kigwema. 19-2-41. Makuma Khel. SKETCH nagaarchskS46497.jpg Set up with a protecting canopy of ..
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Tseyama khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Jotsoma 12:8 notes Next gate at Jotsoma, Tseyama khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Jotsoma, Tseyama khel notes Tseyama khel Jotsoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:8 Jotsoma. Tseyama (on outskirts of village). SKETCH nagaarchskS46498.jpg nagaarchphotP48218..
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Tseyama khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Jotsoma 12:9 notes Next gate at Jotsoma, Tseyama khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Jotsoma, Tseyama khel notes Tseyama khel Jotsoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:9 Jotsoma. Tseyama (just below the fort) Model roughly the same as the gate on the outskirts..
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Toloma khel Thekronoma khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Jotsoma 12:10 notes Next gate of Jotsoma Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate of Jotsoma notes Toloma khel Thekronoma khel Jotsoma Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:10 Jotsoma. Toloma. (photo) Round forms at base - the whole gate weathered to a dove grey..
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Viyema khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Zhakhama (Jakhama) 12:11 notes Next field rest house at Jakhama village gate of Viyema khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 field rest house at Jakhama village gate of Viyema khel notes Viyema khel Zhakhama (Jakhama) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:11 Jakhama. Field ..
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Chatouma clan Thevoma khel Thepfuketso Dorhiwhe Dorkhenyu 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Khonoma 12:12 notes Next gate at Khonoma village, Chatouma clan of Thevoma khel Archer W.G. Previous 80 gate at Khonoma village, Chatouma clan of Thevoma khel notes Chatouma clan Thevoma khel Thepfuketso Dorhiwhe ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:13 Chizami (Chizema) gates at Chizema village notes japs genna Angami Eastern Chizami (Chizema) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:13 E. Angami. Chizema. All the gates except one were shot up in the Jap bombardment. They are now waiting until they have made all the ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:14 Masolomi Yesopomi significance of village gates notes Angami Eastern Masolomi Yesopomi Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:14 E. Angami. Masolomi. No gates at all - said 'since headtaking stopped, gates are not needed'. The entrances to the village are just gaping holes..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:15 Losami worship of village gate notes thevo genna Angami Eastern Losami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:15 E. Angami. Losami. Worship of the gate every July - by the Thevo - village priest - offers a large jungle leaf (nothing else) - prayer that no illness may ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:16 Phek gates at Phek village notes Angami Eastern Phek Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:16 E. Angami. Phek. Gates: 1. a mithan's head = an enemy mithan captured and killed. 2. a man with nothing in his hands incised on the gate = a captured enemy. 3. a tiger incised on..
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Tosumi khel Jelhumo Lusoe Chakoti Kazu Mitzomi Topusu Pulehumu Husotzu Choie Angami 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) 12:17 notes Next gates at Ketsapomi village Archer W.G. Previous Angami Eastern 80 gates at Ketsapomi village notes japs Tosumi khel Jelhumo Lusoe Chakoti Kazu Mitzomi ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:18 Chipoketami (Chipokatami) gate at Chipokatami village notes Angami Eastern Chipoketami (Chipokatami) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:18 E. Angami. Chipokatami. Gate - mithan only - a tally that the Khel has rich men. Next R66071 R66071 Previous R66069 R66069 notes ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:19 Pfutsero gates at Pfutsero village notes head-taking mithan Angami Eastern Pfutsero Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:19 E. Angami. Pfutsero. Gates: 1. 30 heads - 2 mithan heads 2. 21 heads - 2 mithan heads 3. 21 heads - 1 mithan head one figure of a small man (no ..
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Kezonoma khel Theninumi khel 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kekrima 12:20 notes Next gates at Kekrima Archer W.G. Previous Angami Eastern 80 gates at Kekrima notes Kezonoma khel Theninumi khel Angami Eastern Kekrima Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:20 E. Angami. Gates. Kekrima 5 gates - old - approached..
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Stonor C.R. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Chizami 12:21 notes Next village gate Archer W.G. Previous 80 village gate notes genna Stonor C.R. Chizami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 12:21 C.R. Stonor. Angami gate. Chezimi - observed a genna because a branch of the tree by the Keza - gate has broken off ..
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