The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C189.jpg naga objects C189.jpg naga objects C189.jpg nagaobjectsC189.jpg nagaobjectsC189.jpg Burial urn from Nimi village, Kalyo-Kengyu tribe. "This village has an individual culture of ..
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  2. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 transfrontier naga objects C191.jpg naga objects C191.jpg naga objects C191.jpg nagaobjectsC191.jpg nagaobjectsC191.jpg naga objects C192.jpg naga objects C192.jpg naga objects C192.jpg nagaobjectsC192.jpg naga..
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  3. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1919-01-01:1919-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C193.jpg naga objects C193.jpg naga objects C193.jpg nagaobjectsC193.jpg nagaobjectsC193.jpg A pair of wrist ornaments of dyed split cane and dendrobium. Worn by the Changs, made by Kalyo-..
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  4. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C200.jpg naga objects C200.jpg naga objects C200.jpg nagaobjectsC200.jpg nagaobjectsC200.jpg Cane armlet worn on right arm as protection against dao-blows. Right arm not covered by the shield worn by Chingmei ..
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  5. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C246.jpg naga objects C246.jpg naga objects C246.jpg nagaobjectsC246.jpg nagaobjectsC246.jpg Axe shaped dao, with tang fitting into wooden handle which is bound with cane. Old pattern. ..
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  6. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu Chang Sema naga objects C247.jpg naga objects C247.jpg naga objects C247.jpg nagaobjectsC247.jpg nagaobjectsC247.jpg Dao, elongated form with hollow crescentic end. A long sleeve at near end embraces ..
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  7. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C250.jpg naga objects C250.jpg naga objects C250.jpg nagaobjectsC250.jpg nagaobjectsC250.jpg Axe-shaped dao with long distal extension forming a sleeve round the wooden handle. Kalyo-..
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  8. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C251.jpg naga objects C251.jpg naga objects C251.jpg nagaobjectsC251.jpg nagaobjectsC251.jpg Dao, large black and long iron handle with wooden end. Obsolete type. Kalyo Kengyu, Panso village. artefacts Kalyo-..
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  9. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C252.jpg naga objects C252.jpg naga objects C252.jpg nagaobjectsC252.jpg nagaobjectsC252.jpg "Smith's stone hammer - nokhu - from Sanglao in the Kalyo-Kengyu Naga country between Assam and..
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  10. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C253.jpg naga objects C253.jpg naga objects C253.jpg nagaobjectsC253.jpg nagaobjectsC253.jpg Small basket, of closely woven cane. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu error Kalyo-Kengyu 2:..
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  11. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C254.jpg naga objects C254.jpg naga objects C254.jpg nagaobjectsC254.jpg nagaobjectsC254.jpg Flint and steel in [wooden] case from Sanglao village, Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu ..
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  12. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1943-01-01:1943-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C264.jpg naga objects C264.jpg naga objects C264.jpg nagaobjectsC264.jpg nagaobjectsC264.jpg Dao box (sheath for knife, sometimes called a sling) with tapes and horn toggle. artefacts ..
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  13. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C283.jpg naga objects C283.jpg naga objects C283.jpg nagaobjectsC283.jpg nagaobjectsC283.jpg Men's body cloth, dark blue with 4 white stripes at each edge and red squares in middle. Over ..
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  14. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C316.jpg naga objects C316.jpg naga objects C316.jpg nagaobjectsC316.jpg nagaobjectsC316.jpg Woman's skirt, dark blue with white lines and other ornament. [Three strips.] Kalyo-Kengyu. ..
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  15. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Museum of Mankind, London 1954-01-01:1954-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C334.jpg naga objects C334.jpg naga objects C334.jpg nagaobjectsC334.jpg nagaobjectsC334.jpg Iron hoe blade with socket to fit on haft. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu error Kalyo-Kengyu 3:22 gift Museum of Mankind, ..
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  16. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Museum of Mankind, London Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C336.jpg naga objects C336.jpg naga objects C336.jpg nagaobjectsC336.jpg nagaobjectsC336.jpg Human skull, lacking lower mandible; 2 horns attached by rattan straps passed through holes in cranium. with strips of yellow leaf in bunches; ..
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  17. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Museum of Mankind, London Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C381.jpg naga objects C381.jpg naga objects C381.jpg nagaobjectsC381.jpg nagaobjectsC381.jpg Two bamboo combs, made from separate slivers, backed with fine rattan or other material. Kalyo-Kengyu, Panso village. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu Panso error..
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  18. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Museum of Mankind, London 1951-01-01:1951-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C445.jpg naga objects C445.jpg naga objects C445.jpg nagaobjectsC445.jpg nagaobjectsC445.jpg Belt and dao sheath. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu error Kalyo-Kengyu 3:142 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1951-01-01:1951-..
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  19. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Museum of Mankind, London 1954-01-01:1954-12-31 Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C465.jpg naga objects C465.jpg naga objects C465.jpg nagaobjectsC465.jpg nagaobjectsC465.jpg Man's cotton lengta. Kalyo-Kengyu. artefacts Kalyo-Kengyu error Kalyo-Kengyu 3:164 gift Museum of Mankind, London 1954-01-01:1954-..
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  20. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge 1947-01-01:1947-12-31 naga objects C486.jpg naga objects C486.jpg naga objects C486.jpg nagaobjectsC486.jpg nagaobjectsC486.jpg Pair of brass armlets, worn by men. Made by joining three narrow concave sections together. Konyak or Kalyo-..
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  21. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Chang naga objects C593.jpg naga objects C593.jpg naga objects C593.jpg nagaobjectsC593.jpg nagaobjectsC593.jpg Drinking vessel of bamboo from the Chang village of Yempong, which belonged to Thangpong. The figure carved in bold relief on the front represents Thangso of ..
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  22. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C633.jpg naga objects C633.jpg naga objects C633.jpg nagaobjectsC633.jpg nagaobjectsC633.jpg Round wooden food dish with pedestal and carrying handle carved of one piece. Open-work triangles are cut in the base. Kalyo-Kengyu, Sangchurr village...
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  23. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Konyak (Southern) naga objects C655.jpg naga objects C655.jpg naga objects C655.jpg nagaobjectsC655.jpg nagaobjectsC655.jpg Warrior's hair ornament with hair from heads taken in raids. Found at Wailam (Pangsha) village (Kalyo-Kengyu), but probably belonging to a man of ..
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  24. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    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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  25. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    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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  26. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    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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  27. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    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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  28. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Kalyo-Kengyu naga objects C934.jpg naga objects C934.jpg naga objects C934.jpg nagaobjectsC934.jpg nagaobjectsC934.jpg Flageolet of cane with four finger holes. Closed at one end by a node small hole is bored in side near the node, over the hole a piece of bamboo is ..
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  29. colour photographs of Naga artefacts from various sources
    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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  30. sketches by Henry Balfour, 1922
    1922-10-16:1922-10-16 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laruri (Kerami) naga objects S1079.jpg 17:19 sketches smoking a corpse inside a dwelling house, Kerami village, Kalyo-Kengyu Balfour Henry Kalyo-Kengyu 53 naga objects S1079.jpg naga objects S1079.jpg naga objects S1079.jpg nagaobjectsS1079...
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  31. Place name: Panso map map: [Record R6413...
    Aoshed = Panso Place name: Panso map map: [Record R64131] naganagamapsM47131.jpg Kalyo-Kengyu Aoshed = Panso map Place name: Panso 50 Kalyo-Kengyu map: [Record R64131] R2577 naganagamapsM47131.jpg
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  32. Place name: Phulami map map: [Record R64...
    Puloma = Phulami Pholami = Phulami Place name: Phulami map map: [Record R64093] naganagamapsM47093.jpg Kalyo-Kengyu Puloma = Phulami Pholami = Phulami map Place name: Phulami 50 Kalyo-Kengyu map: [Record R64093] R2615 naganagamapsM47093.jpg
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  33. Place name: Yakao map map: [Record R6413...
    Yukhao = Yakao Yukao = Yakao Place name: Yakao map map: [Record R64136] naganagamapsM47136.jpg Kalyo-Kengyu Yukhao = Yakao Yukao = Yakao map Place name: Yakao 50 Kalyo-Kengyu map: [Record R64136] R2864 naganagamapsM47136.jpg
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  34. black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills
    1918-01-01:1945-12-31 School of Oriental and African Studies, London naga millsphot P47871.jpg naga millsphot P47871.jpg naga millsphot P47871.jpg naga millsphot P47871.jpg nagamillsphotP47871.jpg nagamillsphotP47871.jpg Man wearing a conical hat of plaited cane and orchid stalk which is ..
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  35. black and white photographs taken by J.P. Mills
    1918-01-01:1945-12-31 School of Oriental and African Studies, London Laruri naga millsphot P47948.jpg naga millsphot P47948.jpg naga millsphot P47948.jpg naga millsphot P47948.jpg nagamillsphotP47948.jpg nagamillsphotP47948.jpg Two young men out hunting, one carries a cross-bow, the other a ..
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  36. typescript - J.H. Hutton tour diaries in the Naga Hills
    Nikiya Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Tsutuho (Satuho) Takiya Likuku Mt. (Lukuku Mt.) Lumakami Phulami Next 1917-11-10:1917-11-29 tours Satuho-Takiya boundary set; genna with a dead cat; head of Lumakami man taken in lieu of a Saheb's head, by Phulami Hutton J.H. Previous Kalyo-Kengyu Tukemi 8 ..
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  37. typescript - J.H. Hutton tour diaries in the Naga Hills
    1920-11-04:1920-11-28 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laruri (Karami) Longphurr (Niemi) Sampurre (Thachumi) Makware (Makwari) Chi (Chimi) Puchangri Next Visit to Niemi; slate roofs; no weaving in Niemi; disposal of the dead by the Kalyo-Kengyu tribe - smoking of corpse inside house, bones kept ..
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  38. typescript - J.H. Hutton's tour diary in the Naga Hills
    Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Transfrontier cases; peace between Mongnyu and Yungya; Shopen and Hamshen of Tangsa forbidden to live there; new Inspection Bungalow at Tamlu; description of the new morung at Tamlu; animals, previously humans, sacrificed and buried under morung posts tours flora ..
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  39. manuscript - 'Diary of a Tour in the Naga Hills, 1922-1923' by Henry Balfour
    Hutton J.H. Nihu of Kohima Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Phozami Laruri (Kerami) 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 diaries Next Treatment of corpses; Hutton and Balfour try eating hornet grubs Balfour Henry Previous Kalyo-Kengyu Angami 11 Treatment of corpses; Hutton and Balfour try eating hornet grubs ..
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  40. manuscript - 'Diary of a Tour in the Naga Hills, 1922-1923' by Henry Balfour
    Hutton J.H. Nikrihu Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laruri (Kerami) Nantaleik R. (Nantalet R.) 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 diaries Next Kerami: head-hunting, houses, treatment of corpses, genna, first aid, tattooing, burial Balfour Henry Previous Kalyo-Kengyu 11 Kerami: head-hunting, houses, treatment..
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  41. manuscript - 'Diary of a Tour in the Naga Hills, 1922-1923' by Henry Balfour
    Hutton J.H. Nikrihu Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laruri (Kerami) Phozami Purr (Pucchimi) 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 diaries Next Pucchimi: dress, ornamentation, graves, houses, salt spring and salt making Balfour Henry Previous Sangtam Kalyo-Kengyu 11 Pucchimi: dress, ornamentation, graves, houses..
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  42. manuscript - 'Diary of a Tour in the Naga Hills, 1922-1923' by Henry Balfour
    Mills J.P. Hutton J.H. Rogers Mr Clarke F.P. Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Mokokchung Kohima Nowgong Ungma 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 diaries Next Visit to Ungma to see a genna performed Balfour Henry Previous Sangtam Chang Kalyo-Kengyu Ao 11 Visit to Ungma to see a genna performed diaries Mills J...
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  43. manuscript - 'Diary of a Tour in the Naga Hills, 1922-1923' by Henry Balfour
    Chingmak of Chingmei Chongli khel Mokokchung Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Mokokchung Shinyu Saramati Range Ungma 1922-01-01:1923-12-31 diaries Next Chang head-calling dance performed at Mokokchung; burial customs Balfour Henry Previous Chang Kalyo-Kengyu Sangtam 11 Chang head-calling dance ..
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  44. Typescript - J.P. Mills, Tour Diary, November to December 1936
    Williams Major Smith Mr. Furer-Haimendorf Dr C. Hutton J.H. School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Chingmei Yimpang (Yimbang) Waoshu (Waoshu) Saochu Pangsha Ponyo (Himbu) Tobu Noklak 1936-11-01:1936-12-31 tours Next Defences and head-taking; Control Area boundary; attempts to allay ..
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  45. Typescript - J.P. Mills, Tour Diary, November to December 1936
    Yakho khel Sangpurr Hutton J.H. School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Sangpurr Noko (Nokhu) Sanglao Pangsha Panso Lungnyu (Langnyu) Ponyo Chentang Chingmei 1936-11-01:1936-12-31 tours Next Fines imposed for slave trading and hostility; eggs as symbol of submission Mills J.P. ..
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