The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    Chinyak 1969-01-01:1969-12-31 Wakching with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 91:6 books Next description of a funeral Chapter Three... Previous Konyak 41 description of a funeral Chapter Three. Phases of Life cleaning and feeding the skull books Chinyak Konyak Wakching Furer-..
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  2. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    Chinyak 1969-01-01:1969-12-31 Wakching with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 91:.. Previous Konyak 41 description of a funeral Chapter Three. Phases of Life corpse platforms disintegrate books Chinyak Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... According to Konyak belief,.. According to..
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  3. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 91:8 Wakching Chapter Three. Phases of Life chief's corpses placed in wooden coffins; treatment of skull books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 While the dead of commoner status were put..
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  4. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 92:1 Wakching Chapter Three. Phases of Life chief's bodies ; skull placed in a cist books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The coffin was covered with palm leaves and laid on a platform ..
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  5. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 92:2 Chapter Three. Phases of Life funerary figures books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 In some Thendu villages naturalistically carved figures,..
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  6. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    Namsang 1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 92:3 books Next Chapter Three. Phases of Life variations on funerary ritual in a Thenkoh village Furer-Haimendorf C. Previous Konyak 41 Chapter Three. Phases of Life variations on funerary ritual in a Thenkoh ..
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  7. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. the land of the dead and shamans books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 In the mind of the Konyak the world was made up not only of all the visible objects and creatures of which he had direct sensory experience but also of the multitude of invisible and intangible ..
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  8. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 94:2 Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices part of the personality remains and benefits the living books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 While at death a 'yaha' went to the land of the ..
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  9. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    Shouba Shankok 1969-01-01:1969-12-31 Wakching Wakching with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 94:.. Previous Konyak 41 Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices sacrifice and capture of dead personality to help in hunt books Shouba Shankok Konyak Wakching Wakching Furer-..
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  10. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 94:4 Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices feeding of skulls of dead books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The periodic feeding of the skulls of the dead,..
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  11. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 94:5 Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices soul of people who had died through an accident; ghosts books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Apart from the 'yaha' and the 'mio,..
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  12. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt,.. magical skulls books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The idea that powerful magical forces adhering to the human skull could be manipulated for the benefit of the living explains not only the care bestowed on the skulls ..
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  13. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 95:2 head hunting causes of war, nature of war and search for skulls books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 While head-hunting cannot be considered simply as a concomitant of tribal warfare,..
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  14. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 95:3 head hunting raids ; all skulls of equal value books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Only in exceptional cases did warriors set out on a raid with the intention of wiping out an opposing ..
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  15. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 95:4 head hunting buying of skulls for sacrifice books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Those who were bent on acquiring a head,..
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  16. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 97:1 head hunting slaves killed merely for magical power of skulls books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 It is clear that neither vengeance nor animosity had inspired the killing of such victims..
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  17. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston,..2 head hunting most powerful parts of skull books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 At the time of my fieldwork in 1936 and 1937 head-hunting was not permitted in Wakching and the other villages under ..
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  18. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 97:3 head hunting head-hunters return to the village books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 When a head was brought back to the captor's village,..
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  19. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 97:4 head hunting dancing, washing, drumming books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The senior male of the head-taker's clan carried the head into the village,..
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  20. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 98:1 head hunting sacrifice, feasting and omens books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The next day all the men of the village dressed in ceremonial clothes and ornaments and painted their bodies..
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  21. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 98:2 head hunting final disposal of skull books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Approximately one month later a great feast was celebrated to mark the final disposal of the head...
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  22. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 98:3 Shiong head hunting special rites when head taken in retaliation books Konyak Shiong Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Some villages,..
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  23. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    ..4 Niaunyu (Niaunu) head hunting relationship of head-taker and victim books Konyak Wanchu Kuki Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak Wanchu Kuki 41 1969-01-01 The Konyaks of Wakching had no very clear idea as to the relationship of a head-taker and the souls of his victim except ..
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  24. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 98:5 head hunting little interest in relation of killer and killed books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Most Konyaks,..
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  25. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:.. epidemic disease books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Konyaks were firmly convinced that the capturing of heads was essential for the well-being of a village and that a community which failed over a period of years to bring in a head would suffer a decline ..
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  26. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. Religious Beliefs and Practices a world of spirits and godlings books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... While the many spirits and godlings whom the Konyak propitiated when their help was desired or their unwelcome attentions warded off cannot be dealt with here in detail,.. Previous Konyak 41 1969-..
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  27. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. Religious Beliefs and Practices Universal Earth-Sky God books Gawang Zangbau Konyak Wanchu Wakching Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak Wanchu 41 Gawang Zangbau 1969-01-01 In the language of Wakching the name of this deity is Gawang and in that of the Wanchu village of Niaunu ..
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  28. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 99:3 Wakching Chapter Four... god books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The people of Wakching imagined Gawang as dwelling in the sky and as having existed before all other beings and ..
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  29. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 100:1 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices god in the likeness of a huge man, creator of the world books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Konyaks thought of Gawang in ..
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  30. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. sacrifices on most occasions to Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C...2 At most cardinal events in the life of a Konyak Gawang was invoked... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 At most cardinal events in the life of a Konyak Gawang was invoked...
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  31. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 100:3 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices prayers on all important occasions to Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 When a men's house was rebuilt,..
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  32. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston,.. Religious Beliefs and Practices invocation before meals to Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Whenever a Konyak began a meal,.. Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Gawang was also invoked in daily life. Whenever a ..
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  33. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. punishes immorality books Konyak Wanchu Wakching 1962-01-01:.. This tallied exactly with the views expressed by many of my Konyak informants regarding Gawang's concern for human morality... Previous Konyak Wanchu 41 1962-01-01:.. This tallied exactly with the views expressed by many of my Konyak..
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  34. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:1 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices lying,.. punished by Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Konyaks believed that whoever stole his neighbor's rice or..
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  35. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:2 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices infidelity punished, fertility given by Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Other offenses as well were punished by..
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  36. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:.. and killing of slaves books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 It is a matter of some surprise that Gawang was believed to disapprove of certain customs well established in Naga ..
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  37. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:4 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices hospitality and generosity rewarded by Gawang books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 As Gawang punished those guilty of ..
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  38. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:5 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices Gawang the guardian of oaths books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Gawang was also regarded as the guardian of oaths...
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  39. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. Religious Beliefs and Practices oaths and supernatural sanctions as guarantees of peace books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Such supernatural sanctions mobilized by the swearing of oaths were the only coercive force which could ensure the maintenance of ..
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  40. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. Religious Beliefs and Practices possible reasons for public morality books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The belief in Gawang as the arbiter of human behavior can perhaps be correlated with the emergence of a sense of public concern with the conduct of ..
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  41. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 102:1 Wakching Chapter Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices spirits of the earth, forests, rivers ; Gawang seen as tall Naga books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Compared to Gawang,..
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  42. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:1969-12-31 with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston,.. weretigers books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf C... According to Konyak belief,.. Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 Though Konyaks spent a comparatively large part of their time and resources on ritual activities,.. According to ..
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  43. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    1969-01-01:.. Present and Future Konyaks only marginally involved in troubles books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 It is not possible to assess to what an extent the Konyaks of the villages previously comprised within the Naga Hills district were affected by this ..
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  44. book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)
    .. kinship terminology books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf C...1 The main features of the Konyak kinship system have already emerged from the foregoing account of the interactions between consanguinous as well as affinal kinsmen... Previous Konyak 41 1969-01-01 The main features of the Konyak kinship ..
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  45. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Kacharis and Ahoms books Konyak Ahom Kachari Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. The great King drank with them with drooping head and placing one leg upon the other." Traditions of the Konyak Nagas tell of an Ahom King who,.. Kacharis and Ahoms Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak Ahom Kachari 48..
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  46. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of thick mountain forest slopes books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds description of thick mountain forest slopes Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 (30) Thin mist filled the forest,..
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  47. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds first encounter with Konyaks from Wakching, including Shankok books Shankok Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. including Shankok Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 We were already high up -- certainly well..
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  48. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds offer of bitter tea books Mills J.P. Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The men from Wakching offered us tea;.. Above the Clouds offer of bitter tea Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The men from Wakching ..
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  49. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of ordinary clothing of Konyaks, nakedness books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. nakedness Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The Konyaks reached up to somewhere near Mills' shoulder,..
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  50. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds arrival at Wakching in thick fog;.. Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. warned not to enter unadministered territory Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 When we arrived at Wakching a teasing fog blotted ..
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  51. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds magnificent views from inspection bungalow books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds magnificent views from inspection bungalow Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 From the other side of the bungalow I looked over the broad valley of the ..
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  52. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds mist books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds mist Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 When I woke up on the morning after our arrival,..
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  53. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds walking up through corpse platforms, effigies, skulls and coffins books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. skulls and coffins Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The gaonbura came to the bungalow after breakfast,..
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  54. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds village granaries; lovers' sleeping places; beliefs concerning magic of fertility books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. beliefs concerning magic of fertility Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Leaving the ..
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  55. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds gangway and lookout-tree books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds gangway and lookout-tree Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 At the entrance of the village proper a mighty banyan tree stretched ..
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  56. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds front of morung and description of morung carvings books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds front of morung and description of morung carvings Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The men's house or..
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  57. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds further description of morung carvings books Fantastic carvings adorned the open porch of the morung the head and tusks of an elephant,.. Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 ..
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  58. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds people working on porch of morung books Mills Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds people working on porch of morung Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 A few men sat about on the open porch,..
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  59. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds money replacing barter; matches and umbrellas; the collection of artefacts books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. the collection of artefacts Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 One of the men had a pretty box,..
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  60. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds the Konyak houses, a comfortable feeling books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. these Konyak houses give you at once a comfortable impression;.. Above the Clouds the Konyak houses, a comfortable feeling Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The Konyaks,.. ..
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  61. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four... pigs as garbage collectors books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. pigs as garbage collectors Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 These carefully fenced in little gardens are almost the only places where one is quite safe from ..
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  62. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four... payment of tribute books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Fourteen Konyak villages,.. payment of tribute Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Narrow paths thread the thicket growing rank on all ground not cleared for building;....
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  63. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds strangers with fantastic head-dresses and tattoos books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds strangers with fantastic head-dresses and tattoos Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 When we returned to the bungalow after a whole morning's ..
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  64. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four... Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. from where the Konyak area is administered,.. monkey skull head-dress chiefs from unadministered territory bring cases to Mills Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 One man,.. from ..
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  65. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds autocratic position of Naga Angs books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds autocratic position of Naga Angs Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The appearance of the chief of Sheangha,..
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  66. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds gift of goat and appreciation of cigarettes books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds gift of goat and appreciation of cigarettes Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The Ang of Sheangha brought ..
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  67. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds feuds between Totok and Chui and recent head-taking books Konyak Wakching Totok Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds feuds between Totok and Chui and recent head-taking Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Many other people from across the ..
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  68. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. linguistic differences books Konyak Wakching Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. It was well that we took three Konyak dobashi with us,.. linguistic differences Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The next day we visited the small village of Shiong... It was well that we took three ..
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  69. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Shiong Chapter Four. Above the Clouds variations in hair-style from village to village; short skirts books Konyak Wakching Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. short skirts Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Yes,..
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  70. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds all Konyak women slim and mostly attractive books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds all Konyak women slim and mostly attractive Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 I must admit that I could never share the opinion of my Wakching friends...
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  71. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Ahon 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Shiong Chapter Four. Above the Clouds entertained at Shiong, hostess a leper; leprosy books Ahon Konyak Wakching Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. leprosy Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 In Shiong we were first entertained in the house of Ahon...
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  72. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Ahon of Shiong 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Shiong Chapter Four. Above the Clouds Ahon a very good informant in Shiong books Ahon of Shiong Konyak Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds Ahon a very good informant in Shiong Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 But leper-wife or no..
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  73. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Ahon of Shiong 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Sangnyu (Hangnyu) Chapter Four... tales of the great Angs books Ahon of Shiong Konyak Sangnyu (Hangnyu) Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. tales of the great Angs Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Ahon loved to tell stories of the less glorious deeds ..
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  74. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Above the Clouds story of an Ang of Hangnyu books Konyak Pomau Sangnyu (Hangnyu) Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Time is not very important in Konyak villages,.. Above the Clouds story of an Ang of Hangnyu Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 It appears that twenty years ago the old Ang..
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  75. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Konyak Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mills was to try a case while he was in the Konyak country... and since Konyak villages inside British territory,.. crossed reeds to deter illness Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Mills was to try a case while he was in the ..
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  76. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chapter Four. Above the Clouds the village of Tanhai books Konyak Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds the village of Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The house of the Ang stood in the centre of the village of Tanhai...
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  77. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chen Sheangha Chapter Four. Above the Clouds a difficult legal case concerning head hunting books Konyak Tanhai Chen Sheangha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds a difficult legal case concerning head hunting Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 ..
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  78. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of court scene with Mills books Mills J... Konyak Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds description of court scene with Mills Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The trial proceeded in the..
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  79. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Ahon of Shiong Chingai of Oting Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Hungphoi Sheangha Chapter Four... Konyak Tanhai Hungphoi Sheangha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. fresh tattoo of head hunter Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The accused Hungphoi youths came in leisurely -- they ..
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  80. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chapter Four. Above the Clouds fine of a mithan; role of mithan in Naga culture books Konyak Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. role of mithan in Naga culture Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The mithan or gayal which plays so important a role among the..
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  81. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chapter Four. Above the Clouds end of trial; Mills returns to Mokokchung books Mills J... Konyak Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Mills returns to Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 The trial ended with Hungphoi and Sheangha both ..
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  82. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. claws of pangolin used to cure centipede inflamation books Konyak Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. according to a Konyak belief the scratching of the skin with such ant-eater claws soothes the inflammation caused by the touch of hairy centipedes. Some Konyak must have killed a pangolin,....
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  83. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds elephant droppings below Wanching books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Above the Clouds elephant droppings below Wanching Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 In the forest,..
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  84. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dikhu R. Chapter Four. Above the Clouds cane bridge over the Dikhu river books Konyak Dikhu R... Above the Clouds cane bridge over the Dikhu river Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Deep down in the stuffy,..
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  85. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. village with American Baptist mission books Konyak Tamlu Kanching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. a Konyak village lying about 3,.. Tamlu and the neighbouring Kanching are the only Konyak villages where the American Baptist Mission had gained a footing... village with American Baptist mission ..
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  86. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain persistent rain and wind books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain persistent rain and wind Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 (56) I returned to Wakching and settled down to my work among the Konyaks and to the incessant ..
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  87. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain depression and difficulties of fieldwork books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain depression and difficulties of fieldwork Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 There I sat in the rain,..
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  88. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain growing understanding books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain growing understanding Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Yet in those first weeks I was able to learn quite a lot about the people ..
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  89. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Chinyang of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain description of informant Chinyang; description of his tattoo books Chinyang of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. description of his tattoo Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 There ..
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  90. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Chinyang 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain the morungs of Wakching books Chinyang Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain the morungs of Wakching Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Chingyang was proud to belong to the Oukheang morung,..
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  91. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain rivalries between morungs books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain rivalries between morungs Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Nevertheless,..
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  92. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Death in the Rain declining birth-rate of morung blamed on end of head hunting books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain declining birth-rate of morung blamed on end of head hunting Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 It was this strong morung-feeling ..
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  93. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain head hunting causes fertility of women and crops books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain head hunting causes fertility of women and crops Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 "In the old times we ..
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  94. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Death in the Rain disease increased by contact between villages books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. takes greater toll of Konyak lives than any wars did in olden times... Death in the Rain disease increased by contact between villages Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-..
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  95. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Chinyang of Wakching 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain high mortality in Chinyang's family books Chinyang of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain high mortality in Chinyang's family Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Chinyang himself had had much ..
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  96. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Chinyang Yongang Of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain opium smoking not harmful to Chinyang books Chinyang Yongang Of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain opium smoking not harmful to Chinyang Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak..
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  97. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    Yongang 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain Yongang and his three divorces books Yongang Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain Yongang and his three divorces Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 Yongang was slightly younger than ..
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  98. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Death in the Rain explanation by informants of Wakching social structure books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain explanation by informants of Wakching social structure Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 These two gaonbura explained to me how Wakching ..
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  99. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Six. Death in the Rain violent epidemic of dysentery and deaths in village books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain violent epidemic of dysentery and deaths in village Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 In these first ..
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  100. book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)
    .. Death in the Rain death-rhythm of the drums at frequent deaths books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:.. Death in the Rain death-rhythm of the drums at frequent deaths Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 48 1936-06-01 I was often wakened during the night by the sinister sound of the ..
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