The Nagas

1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Kherbari Khonoma Nakama Pedi (Padi) Chama (Champa) Tejang Dzulake (Dzula) counting villages tours Kherbari Khonoma Nakama Pedi (Padi) Chama (Champa) Tejang Dzulake (Dzula) 1920-01-30:1920-02-08 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (37) Tour Diary of K. Cantlie Esqr., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills for the month of February 1920. Next R74032 R74032 Previous R74030 R74030 tours Next Cantlie ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Phesama Kigwema Mima sale of quinine; pay of schoolmasters tours Phesama Kigwema Mima 1920-02-13:1920-02-13 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 13th February. 22 miles. To Phesama, Kigwema and Mima and ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Dimapur tours Dimapur 1920-02-14:1920-02-18 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (37a) February 14th. To Dimapur. February 18th. Dimapur to Kohima. These two days are part of my journey on private affairs to ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Merema (Merama) Keruma Gurkhali settlers tours khuti Merema (Merama) Keruma 1920-02-23:1920-02-23 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford February 23rd. To Merama and counted it visiting two Gurkhali Khutis on ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Viphoma (Vipoma) intermarriage and degeneracy tours Angami Viphoma (Vipoma) 1920-02-24:1920-02-24 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 24th. To Vipoma. This is on the western edge of the Angamis and is a ..
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Ivikhu 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Vishyepu (Vishepu) Viphoma (Vipoma) Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next new Sema settlements; sale of quinine Cantlie Keith Previous Sema 20 new Sema settlements; sale of quinine tours Ivikhu Sema Vishyepu (Vishepu) Viphoma (Vipoma) 1920-02-25:1920-02-25 ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Kherima elephant herds tours Kherima 1920-02-26:1920-02-26 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 26th. I went down to the river valley and found many elephant tracks. The herd has come up and stayed a long ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (39) Tour Diary of K. Cantlie Esqr., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills for the month of March 1920. Next R74039 R74039 Previous R74037 R74037 tours Next Cantlie Keith ..
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Vizilhu of Sachema 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Khonoma Sachema tours Vizilhu of Sachema Khonoma Sachema 1920-03-03:1920-03-08 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 3rd. To Khonoma to investigate a case of a man's sudden disappearance. 4th. Returned Kohima. Nothing ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Zeppelhu Priphema (Piphima) Kevoma elephants; relatives of man who accidentally killed his brother desert village; value of dispensary tours Zeppelhu Priphema (Piphima) Kevoma 1920-03-09:1920-03-09 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt ..
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Revenburg Dr 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pherima Meziphima (Mezephima) Sirhima (Serhima) Sachenobama Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next quinine sales; sugar cane Cantlie Keith Previous Kuki 20 quinine sales; sugar cane tours Revenburg Dr Kuki Pherima Meziphima (Mezephima) Sirhima (Serhima) ..
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Merhema Khel Khonoma 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Khonoma Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next Khonoma murder Cantlie Keith Previous 20 Khonoma murder tours Merhema Khel Khonoma Khonoma 1920-03-19:1920-03-20 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 19th. To Khonoma. ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Pulomi (Kenoma) Pedi (Peddi) Nakama (Nakoma) Teijung school; land dispute tours Pulomi (Kenoma) Pedi (Peddi) Nakama (Nakoma) Teijung 1920-03-21:1920-03-21 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 21st. Goanbura ..
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Geppo 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Rawuma (Raluma) Henima Ridima Lemhema Chama Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next house tax and widows; quinine Cantlie Keith Previous 20 house tax and widows; quinine tours Geppo Rawuma (Raluma) Henima Ridima Lemhema Chama 1920-03-22:1920-03-22 Cantlie Keith ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Lemhema decrease in Lemhema through influenza tours Lemhema 1920-03-24:1920-03-24 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 24th. To Lemhema and counted it. The village as I have said above suffered very severely ..
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Anam 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Soget Shinjol (Sinjol) Lakema Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next Soget-Sinjol land dispute Cantlie Keith Previous 20 Soget-Sinjol land dispute tours Anam Soget Shinjol (Sinjol) Lakema 1920-03-25:1920-03-25 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Zalukemi (Jalukema) Birema (Berrima) Lakema Bolbung shifting villages; genna to have three women in one house; cotton mangling machine tours Kuki Zalukemi (Jalukema) Birema (Berrima) Lakema Bolbung 1920-03-26:1920-03-27 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Phuima Tapama salt eating; blankets made from chestnut bark tours Kacha Naga Phuima Tapama 1920-03-28:1920-03-28 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 28th. To Phuima. The village had decreased by two revenue ..
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Barnes Anam 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Kandung (Kanduma) Dupema Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next permission to make village; clay pots? Cantlie Keith Previous Kuki 20 permission to make village; clay pots? tours Barnes Anam Kuki Kandung (Kanduma) Dupema 1920-03-29:1920-03-29 Cantlie Keith ..
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Yanching of Henima 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Henima Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next dispensary at Henima; training a Compounder Cantlie Keith Previous 20 dispensary at Henima; training a Compounder tours Yanching of Henima Henima 1920-03-30:1920-03-30 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 ..
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Webster Mr. Geppo Anongbo 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Injoumai (Injuma) Henima Kikajan Hill Khonoma Songjong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next tribute payment Cantlie Keith Previous 20 tribute payment tours Webster Mr. Geppo Anongbo Injoumai (Injuma) Henima Kikajan Hill Khonoma Songjong 1920-..
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Barnes Tutongbo 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Intuma Injaona (Jaona) Lalangmi (Lalongmi) Jampi Insung (Insong) Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next dance at Intuma; government loans Cantlie Keith Previous Kacha Naga Kuki 20 dance at Intuma; government loans tours Barnes Tutongbo Kacha Naga Kuki ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Mechangbung (Mechongbung) Sulen R. (Cholin R.) Henima bad harvest; sugar cane; bridge repair; quinine sales tours Mechangbung (Mechongbung) Sulen R. (Cholin R.) Henima 1920-04-03:1920-04-04 Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Pitt Rivers ..
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Kyakpo of Sarama Sailim 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Sarama Undaimai Josama (Jasama) Bopungwemi (Bapugwema) Sailhim (Sailim) Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Next disease and failure of Henima dispensary Cantlie Keith Previous Kabui 20 disease and failure of Henima dispensary tours Kyakpo of ..
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Hutton 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Josama (Jasama) Bopungwemi (Bapugwema) Inkyema Sailhim (Sailim) Tasanki (Tesangki) Sarama Thenjol Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford tours Jasama-Bapugwema dispute; eating seed dhan at Bapugwema; loans Cantlie Keith Previous 20 Jasama-Bapugwema dispute; eating seed dhan..
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Hutton Mills 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next posting to the Naga Hills articles Hutton Mills Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie 1919 I wired to the Chief Secretary of Assam enquiring where I should go. A reply came that I was to be Deputy Commissioner, ..
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Mills Vickers Maj. Shakespear Maj. 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Kohima Next arrival at Kohima articles Mills Vickers Maj. Shakespear Maj. Kohima Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Kohima, Mills greeted me and stayed a week to tell me about Nagas before ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next Kuki rebellion in Manipur State articles Kuki Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My arrival was just after the end of the Kuki rebellion in Manipur State. The Kukis in the Naga Hills did not rebel. Labour Corps had gone to ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next return of the Naga labour Corps from France articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Almost my first public duty was to hold a great ritual dance in honour of the return of the Naga Labour Corps from France. All the ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next language difficulties in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Administration in the Naga Hills presented peculiar difficulties. The number of languages spoken in Assam is usually put at sixty six and of..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next administration in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The spirit though not the strict letter of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code had been introduced by Government order as the Naga ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next administration in the Naga Hills dobashis articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie For example official interpreters (dobashis) wore a red cloth as a symbol of office but nobody else was permitted to do so. The penalty ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next administration in the Naga Hills oath-taking articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another great help was the taking of oaths. The oaths are of various forms and Hutton devotes several pages to them. I always took with..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next administration in the Naga Hills Angami's clan system and the establishment of 'Government headmen' articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A trouble in the Angami group was that the headmen in their villages had ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next religion among the Angamis articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie No enquiry was made by me into religion except that I got to know that there was a belief in an after life which would be much like the present ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next gennas - kenna and penna and the role of the Kemova and Pitsu articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie But a speedy acquaintance with the magico-religious rite called "genna" in writings by British officials and ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next Cantlie's marriage articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I went to Bombay and married May Walker whose father had been Lord Provost of Aberdeen on the same day as she arrived. As my dental plate had given me such ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Kohima Next domestic life in Kohima articles Kohima Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Fish was not procurable but beef was available intermittently and of course goat, chickens and eggs. Dal (lentils for curry) came from the ..
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Barnes Siviter-Smith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next Barnes' visit to Cantlie in Kohima articles Barnes Siviter-Smith Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Barnes had been at Kohima as Deputy Commissioner. As Commissioner he came to decide a Sema case begun ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next Kohima Magistrate's Court articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was a Khasi Magistrate there as Treasury Officer who ran the office with its staff of Naga clerks when I was on tour but few cases were tried in ..
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Asimo Jhanda Nihu 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Wokha Next touring articles Asimo Jhanda Nihu Wokha Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Two roomed brick bungalows with servants' quarters and cook house were built along the main paths 10 to 15 miles apart. From..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next touring wild animals and snakes articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie On tour one did not see wild animals but I did once happen to see the reddish brown dogs hunting in a valley below me. The jungle cultivated every ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next touring ritual gifts articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I did not like taking foodstuffs as this was never done on the plains but an occasional ritual gift of eggs had to be accepted or a gift of a cock. Next R74118..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next touring house tax collection articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Villages were on the tops of hills as they were fortresses in the old days of village warfare. One had to climb up to them. Unless there was a case the..
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Hutton Shakespear Capt. 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Nambur Forest (Nambar Forest) Next touring last tour; wild bees; illness articles Hutton Shakespear Capt. Nambur Forest (Nambar Forest) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My last tour was disastrous as I ..
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Vickers Maj. Prior Shakespear Rivenburg 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Kohima Next social life in Kohima articles Vickers Maj. Prior Shakespear Rivenburg Kohima Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was none when I arrived as officers were dispersing after ..
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Mills 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country elephant hunt articles Mills Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mills met me at Wokha in the Lhota country where there was a dispensary with a doctor in charge. We then went through the..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Visits to the villages were made en route between the Government Rest Houses. As each village was on top of a hill for defence purposes in the pre-..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao Christians articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie About one third of the Aos in my time were Christians who were expelled by the American missionaries if they took rice beer. These ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao village officials and clans articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Among the Aos there is a small council of "Tatars" composed of "Minden" from each clan area. There are two or three ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao marriage articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One curious custom is mentioned in the book of Mills. The Ao unmarried girls have complete sexual license but a marriage usually ensues..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao oath taking articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The Ao does not take oath taking as seriously as the Angami. In some cases both sides take an oath and wait for a month to see if ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao cemeteries articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One had to be careful in avoiding the path leading through the cemetery to the villages, each placed on a hill for defence in the ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao religion articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Every Ao had a "tiya" in the sky. This was not a God but a fate. Every Ao had three souls of which one was a "mithan" (Bos frontalis) ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Lungkam (Nunkum) Next tour with Mills in Ao country allusion to the Baimho ghost articles Ao Lungkam (Nunkum) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A visit to the American Missionaries at Impur was pleasant, no ethnological or ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Next tour with Mills in Ao country description of Mukokchung articles Ao Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mukokchung with its tiny office and Court, hospital, dispensary, school ..
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Ongli Ngaku 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next head-taking articles Ongli Ngaku Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie All the tribes practised this - Aos, Semas and Angamis etc. Much has been written about it and the ceremonies attending it. The tradition ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie We went on to Wakching where there was a dispensary with its view of range after range of 5000 feet hills covered with jungle called the Phom ..
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Hutton 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next description of the Semas; revised edition of Hutton's 'Sema Nagas', 1968 articles Hutton Sema Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie They were mostly in Mukokchung Subdivision and Hutton published his book on the Angamis ..
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Kevichuse 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next education in the Naga Hills articles Kevichuse Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The policy of District officials had been to introduce changes in tribal customs to as small an extent as possible. This attitude ..
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Gimson 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases land dispute between Nagas in the Naga Hills and Manipur State articles Gimson Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Some Nagas lived in Manipur State near to the Police Station at Mao, just inside the Manipur..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases witchcraft articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange trial was one for witchcraft which I was obliged to hear when on tour in the Angami country. In my case the images were of clay and ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases robbery of grave ornaments articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange case was the robbing of the grave ornaments of a noted man in an Angami village. Headtaking must have ceased about 1880..
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Injevi 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases fighting prohibited on main routes to allow trading and a case of head-taking articles Injevi Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The eastern boundary of the Naga Hills was called THE INNER LINE. The range ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Next some cases presentation of a red blanket to the Sema chief of Sakhai village across the frontier articles Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Khonoma Next some cases murder at Khonoma articles Khonoma Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie Tour Diary 6.3.1920 Only one murder occurred in my tenure. The Assamese police sub-inspector came about ten o'clock at night to..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 hobbies - butterfly collecting articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Aberdeen I had taken the Botany class and the Zoology class but found that Brandt's trees, a huge volume on Indian trees, was too complicated for me ..
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Mills J.P. Woodthorpe Lt. Shakespear Capt. W.B. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya Kamahu first tour introduction - previous expeditions; reasons for present trip articles tours Mills J.P. Woodthorpe Lt. Shakespear Capt. W.B. Konyak Yungya Kamahu Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 DIARIES OF TWO TOURS IN ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Nazira Luchaipani first tour Nazira to Luchaipani articles tours Nazira Luchaipani 1923-04-03:1923-04-03 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 3rd. - Left the Assam-Bengal Railway at Nazira and marched east to Luchaipani at the foot of the hills, where we camped. A severe ..
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Kohoto 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tamlu Yungya Kamahu Tangsa Namsang first tour to Tamlu to meet Mills; Yungya - Kamahu dispute articles tours Kohoto Tamlu Yungya Kamahu Tangsa Namsang 1923-04-04:1923-04-04 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 4th. - Up to Tamlu, where I met Mills. On the way I was ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya Tamlu Dikhu R. Kamahu Yacham first tour leave Tamlu; smoke signals from Yungya articles tours Yungya Tamlu Dikhu R. Kamahu Yacham 1923-04-05:1923-04-05 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 5th. - In the morning we saw smoke signals, or something of the sort go up ..
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Shopen of Tangsa 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tangsa Kamahu Yacham Sowa (Shua) Wakhu Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) first tour to Tangsa; arrested two men for involvement in Kamahu raid; Yacham leader brings word from Yungya articles tours Shopen of Tangsa Tangsa Kamahu Yacham Sowa (Shua) Wakhu Yangnyu R. (..
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Kangshi of Phomching 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tangsa Kamahu Urangkong Phomching Yacham first tour some soldiers left in Tangsa, rest march to Kamahu; Phomching took three heads from Yacham, Yacham chief killed articles tours Kangshi of Phomching Phom Tangsa Kamahu Urangkong Phomching Yacham 1923-04-07..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya first tour Yungya deserted and goods removed articles tours Yungya 1923-04-08:1923-04-08 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 8th. - To Yungya. Water short, and a decent camping ground within reach of it simply not to be had. The hostile clans had absolutely cleared ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya first tour use of eggs to ward off danger and to stop fire spreading; painted stones in front of morungs articles tours Yungya 1923-04-09:1923-04-09 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 9th. - In Yungya I noticed two Konyak customs new to me that had to do with eggs ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Kamahu Yungya Mongnyu Shamnyu Phomhek Ukha Nian (Nyan) first tour Yungya - looking for hidden pigs; head-taking; disposal of the dead; ficus trees, the wild fig; bees and wasps articles tours Chang Konyak Kamahu Yungya Mongnyu Shamnyu Phomhek Ukha Nian (Nyan) 1923-04-10:1923-..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yang-Am (Yangam) Nian (Nyan) Yungya first tour field-houses in the shape of buffalo horns at Yungya; fertility symbols articles tours Konyak Phom Yang-Am (Yangam) Nian (Nyan) Yungya 1923-04-11:1923-04-11 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 11th - To Yangam alias Shimung a ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Mongnyu Sekitima Saoching Tuensang first tour to Mongnyu; ant-hill with buffalo's head carved in it to bring prosperity; path and grave clearing; status of Phom women; shaven heads of women; association of boys hair cutting with head-taking; forked posts; execution of a woman ..
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Woodthorpe 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Pongu Hukpong (Hukpang) first tour to Pongu; rice beer; negroid types; field houses; tattoos; stone platforms; Y posts; carvings; drums; cows and mithan articles tours Woodthorpe Konyak Pongu Hukpong (Hukpang) 1923-04-13:1923-04-13 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 ..
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Woodthorpe Ahon of Shiong 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Anphang (Angfang) Yonghong Ukha Noklang Jakphang (Jakphong) Shiong Chi first tour camping by Yangmun river; memory of Woodthorpe's visit in villages; Naga swimming articles tours Woodthorpe Ahon of Shiong Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R..
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Woodthorpe 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungphong Yanching Yangnyu R. Jakphang (Jakphong) Yakthu (Yaktu) Ukha Shakchi first tour Yungphong to Yanching; Pongu men carrying to enemy village; pigs used as sewers; blocked paths; forked posts; carving; tattoo; men's belts; stone substituted for head; memorial ..
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Woodthorpe Chingmak of Chingmei 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Ukha Pongu Phomching Yonghong Yakthu (Yaktu) Tobu Mon Shamnyu first tour to Ukha - shy villagers, fear of camera; surface soil banked into terraces behind logs; zu brewed from paddy husks; dislike of selling ornaments; daos; tattoos; effigies of..
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Woodthorpe Balfour Henry 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yakthu (Yaktu) Yonghong Ukha Shakchi Anphang (Angfang) first tour Yaktu declares war on Ukha; dart-like weapon; women's skirts; women's hairstyle; witness stones; Yonghong village; tattoos - buffalo pattern; similarities between the Angami, Nzemi and ..
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Ongli of Mokokchung 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Muksha R. Anphang (Angfang) Yonghong first tour to Angfang - difficulties with porters; language; forges; log-drums; effigies for the dead; lack of village organization; jhum agriculture; use of pollarded alter articles tours Ongli of Mokokchung Muksha R. ..
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Woodthorpe Peal 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Choha (Chaoha) Saoching first tour to Chaoha; Saoching making guns and gunpowder; field houses; language; tattooing; Chaoha at war with Chin; head-taking; euphorbia head trees; house-projecting roof poles; carving of a bear; log-drums articles tours Woodthorpe ..
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Webster Mr 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Longmien first tour to Longmien; standing stones; wooden figures; slaves and shaven heads; memorials to the dead; chignons; field houses; basket-work objects in Ang's house articles tours Webster Mr Konyak Longmien 1923-04-20:1923-04-20 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Chinglong Anphang (Angfang) Wakching Wanching first tour to Chinglong; heads hidden; log-drums; standing stones; men's cane belts articles tours Chinglong Anphang (Angfang) Wakching Wanching 1923-04-21:1923-04-21 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 21st. - To Chinglong, ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Chingtang first tour to Chingtang; mat weaving frame; dancing boards in morung with carving of a frog and moon; eclipses; head-stones in front of Ang's house; tattoo articles tours Chingtang 1923-04-22:1923-04-22 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 22nd - To Chingtang, ..
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Shopen of Tangsa Hamshen of Tangsa Aku of Chinglong 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Wakching Yungya Kamahu first tour to Wakching; Yungya - Kamahu head-taking articles tours Shopen of Tangsa Hamshen of Tangsa Aku of Chinglong Wakching Yungya Kamahu 1923-04-23:1923-04-23 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 ..
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Woodthorpe Mills 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Kongan Khanu Joboka (Yanha) first tour to Kongan; spring festival; white lime lines on dancers representing wounds; use of opium; decorated skull; sandstone skull boxes articles tours Woodthorpe Mills Kongan Khanu Joboka (Yanha) 1923-04-25:1923-04-25 Hutton J...
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Kohoto 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) first tour to Naginimara; Semas working in colliery - fear of going underground; Sema clairvoyance articles tours Kohoto Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) 1923-04-26:1923-04-26 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 26th. - To Naginimara, where ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 first tour to Sibsagar articles tours 1923-04-27:1923-04-27 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 27th. - To Sibsagar Rd. Railway Station. Next R74275 R74275 Previous R74273 R74273 articles tours Next first tour to Sibsagar Hutton J.H. Previous 21 1923-04-27:1923-04-27 1923-..
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Mills Pawsey 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour introduction articles tours Mills Pawsey Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 SECOND TOUR. OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1923. This second tour was also undertaken under the orders of Government in order to obtain some knowledge of the unadministered and hitherto ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Khonoma Second Tour rebuilt forts at Khonoma articles tours Khonoma 1923-10-09:1923-10-09 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 9th. - From Kohima to Khonoma and back, to see the new "forts." The three khels have erected each a big stone dahu (Pl. 7, figs. 1, 2 nagahuttphot..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour to Dimapur then Longlam articles tours 1923-10-15:1923-10-17 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 15th. - To Dimapur. By train to Safrai leaving Dimapur about 11-30 p.m. local. Oct. 17th. - To Longlam. A long hot march - 18 or 19 miles through Safrai and Singlo ..
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Mills 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Auching Wangla Second Tour to Wangla; Ang's throne; iron cannon articles tours Mills Auching Wangla 1923-10-18:1923-10-18 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 18th. - To Wangla about 12 miles. Met Mr. Mills and the escort - a Jemadar and 30 rifles. Men from the village..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Sangsa Zakko Sangnyu Ngangting Zangkam Second Tour to Ngangting and across the frontier; Zakko morung carvings; head-trees; disposal of the dead; effigies of the dead; decorated skulls; Ang's house at Sangnyu; iron cannon from Assam; incest; boat-shaped coffins phallic posts ..
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Ahon 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Mon Totok (Longphong) Second Tour to Mon; some coolies run away; Ang of Mon's house; stone sitting place; pile of stones representing heads taken; elephants skulls; hot stones used to dry paddy articles tours Ahon Mon Totok (Longphong) 1923-10-21:1923-10-21 Hutton J.H. ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chi Tang Second Tour to Chi; meets Ang of Tang; Ang of Chi's house; skulls; human sacrifice; tattoos articles tours Chi Tang 1923-10-22:1923-10-22 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct.22nd - To Chi (i.e. "Chui" or "Chimi") the path going down into a deep valley and up a steep..
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