The Nagas

Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53220.jpg naga bower P53220.jpg naga bower P53220.jpg nagabowerP53220.jpg nagabowerP53220.jpg naga bower P53221.jpg naga bower P53221.jpg naga bower P53221.jpg nagabowerP53221.jpg nagabowerP53221.jpg Gumtuing of Asalu photographs headdress Gumtuing..
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Dinekamba of Laisong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53222.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 photographs Dinekamba of Laisong He is wearing a skein of cotton thread tied round his wrist by the old women of ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53223.jpg naga bower P53224.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53223.jpg naga bower P53223.jpg naga bower P53223.jpg nagabowerP53223.jpg nagabowerP53223...
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53225.jpg naga bower P53226.jpg naga bower P53227.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53225.jpg naga bower P53225.jpg naga bower P53225.jpg nagabowerP53225...
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53228.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53228.jpg naga bower P53228.jpg naga bower P53228.jpg nagabowerP53228.jpg nagabowerP53228.jpg Laisong man carrying matting ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Hangrum information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Bungalow caretaker, Hangrum village photographs Hangrum 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 information based on catalogue compiled..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53231.jpg naga bower P53615.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53231.jpg naga bower P53231.jpg naga bower P53231.jpg nagabowerP53231.jpg nagabowerP53231.jpg naga ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53232.jpg naga bower P53233.jpg naga bower P53234.jpg naga bower P53236.jpg naga bower P53237.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53232.jpg naga bower ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53238.jpg naga bower P53238.jpg naga bower P53238.jpg nagabowerP53238.jpg nagabowerP53238.jpg naga bower P53239.jpg naga bower P53239.jpg naga bower P53239.jpg nagabowerP53239.jpg nagabowerP53239.jpg naga bower P53240.jpg naga bower P53240.jpg naga..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Hgangi festival, Laisong village Small boys having their customary free-for-all on the earth mound. photographs Laisong 35mm negatives Graham Bower ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53289.jpg naga bower P53290.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53289.jpg naga bower P53289.jpg naga bower P53289.jpg nagabowerP53289.jpg nagabowerP53289.jpg naga ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53292.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53292.jpg naga bower P53292.jpg naga bower P53292.jpg nagabowerP53292.jpg nagabowerP53292.jpg Villagers on their ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53293.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53293.jpg naga bower P53293.jpg naga bower P53293.jpg nagabowerP53293.jpg nagabowerP53293.jpg Camp water-point, [..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53294.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53294.jpg naga bower P53294.jpg naga bower P53294.jpg nagabowerP53294.jpg nagabowerP53294.jpg Hair-cutting, [..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Paying land rent in rice after harvest, Laisong village photographs Laisong 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 information based ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Catching a pig for a sacrifice, [Laisong village] photographs Laisong 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 information based on ..
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Ramzimba of Laisong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53306.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 photographs Ramzimba of Laisong Graham Bower Ursula 77 naga bower P53306.jpg naga bower P53306.jpg naga bower P53306...
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Heozebuile of Hegokuloa Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 photographs Wedding at Laisong village Caption:Procession approaching the groom's house. Cloths which the bride has woven for ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Laisong naga bower P53312.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53312.jpg naga bower P53312.jpg naga bower P53312.jpg nagabowerP53312.jpg nagabowerP53312.jpg Issuing camp rations,..
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Sonning of Laisong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53313.jpg naga bower P53314.jpg naga bower P53315.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 photographs Sonning of Laisong Graham Bower Ursula 77 naga bower P53313...
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53316.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53316.jpg naga bower P53316.jpg naga bower P53316.jpg nagabowerP53316.jpg nagabowerP53316.jpg Tangkhul man with dog ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53318.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53318.jpg naga bower P53318.jpg naga bower P53318.jpg nagabowerP53318.jpg nagabowerP53318.jpg Repairing thatched roof ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Jenam R. information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Fishing in the Jenam river photographs Jenam R. 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 information based on catalogue compiled by ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Hangrum information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Heramui ceremony, Hangrum village photographs ritual Hangrum 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 information based on catalogue ..
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1941-01-01:1942-12-31 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Khangnam naga bower P53357.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53357.jpg naga bower P53357.jpg naga bower P53357.jpg nagabowerP53357.jpg nagabowerP53357.jpg Village gate, ..
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1946-03-16:1946-03-16 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Haflong naga bower P53476.jpg naga bower P53477.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53476.jpg naga bower P53476.jpg naga bower P53476.jpg nagabowerP53476.jpg nagabowerP53476...
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Khutuing of Magulong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Haflong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1946-03-16:1946-03-16 photographs Magulong dancers, [VJ Day celebrations, Haflong village] Caption:The white wooden objects held by the singers are ..
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1946-03-16:1946-03-16 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53482.jpg naga bower P53483.jpg naga bower P53484.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53482.jpg naga bower P53482.jpg naga bower P53482.jpg nagabowerP53482.jpg ..
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1946-03-16:1946-03-16 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Haflong naga bower P53485.jpg naga bower P53486.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53485.jpg naga bower P53485.jpg naga bower P53485.jpg nagabowerP53485.jpg nagabowerP53485...
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1946-03-16:1946-03-16 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Magulong Haflong naga bower P53514.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53514.jpg naga bower P53514.jpg naga bower P53514.jpg nagabowerP53514.jpg nagabowerP53514.jpg Magulong ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53515.jpg naga bower P53515.jpg naga bower P53515.jpg nagabowerP53515.jpg nagabowerP53515.jpg Magulong men in Haflong with hair-tufted shield, VJ Day The shield-bearer on the left has taken a head and carries his shield by right. The man on the right..
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Khutuing of Magulong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Haflong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1946-03-16:1946-03-16 photographs Portrait of Khutuing, headman of Magulong, VJ celebration Caption:Khutuing was a man of immense character and close ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53519.jpg naga bower P53519.jpg naga bower P53519.jpg nagabowerP53519.jpg nagabowerP53519.jpg Counting out sum paid to Magulong for participation on VJ Day The sum Mr Perry, Sub Divisional Officer, Haflong, is paying was not a commercial transaction,..
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Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53520.jpg naga bower P53520.jpg naga bower P53520.jpg nagabowerP53520.jpg nagabowerP53520.jpg Securing a pig before slaughter, [VJ Day, Haflong] photographs dance sport Haflong 35mm negatives Graham Bower Ursula 1946-03-16:1946-03-16 information ..
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Lungchiwang of Magulong Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Haflong Magulong Laisong information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets 1946-03-01:1946-03-31 photographs Magulong dance party, returning from Haflong, Laisong camp Caption:Young runners from the fell race..
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1939-03-18:1939-03-18 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Kharasom naga bower P53554.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53554.jpg naga bower P53554.jpg naga bower P53554.jpg nagabowerP53554.jpg nagabowerP53554.jpg Group, Kharasom ..
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1939-03-18:1939-03-18 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Kharasom naga bower P53555.jpg information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets naga bower P53555.jpg naga bower P53555.jpg naga bower P53555.jpg nagabowerP53555.jpg nagabowerP53555.jpg Tangkhul Naga house ..
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Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53568.jpg naga bower P53568.jpg naga bower P53568.jpg nagabowerP53568.jpg nagabowerP53568.jpg naga bower P53569.jpg naga bower P53569.jpg naga bower P53569.jpg nagabowerP53569.jpg nagabowerP53569.jpg Khasi way stones photographs 35mm negatives ..
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Graham Bower Ursula Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford naga bower P53622.jpg 1941-01-01:1942-12-31 photographs information based on catalogue compiled by photographer unless in square brackets Ursula Graham Bower with Nagas Graham Bower Ursula 77 naga bower P53622.jpg naga bower P53622.jpg naga ..
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Hutton Furer-Haimendorf 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma tours Hutton Furer-Haimendorf Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 31st December 1946. This morning I set out for Khonoma, the first Angami village I shall see and the most redoubtable of all the ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma rice terraces tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Although the track begins three miles below Khonoma rice fields belonging to the village commence almost at once and we were soon moving along a ridge with a vast tract..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field houses tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 53 Dotted through the fields are little thatched huts where in bad weather men and women keep their clothes and food and eat their meals. Close..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma monoliths tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As we neared Khonoma, monoliths grew more and more plentiful and in some of the fields there are whole colonies of stones standing on end and looking down the valley. Many ..
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Semoma clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field rest house tours mechuki tsungi Semoma clan Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 About half a mile from the village we came to a field rest-house. This is known as 'Mechuki' and is a solidly built hall with ..
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Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma cones made at path clearing festival tours Pawsey Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just below the hall there is an ascending series of mud platforms. The three lowest each contains a single globed cone, moulded out..
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Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma scarecrows, shrine of Kipuche tours Kipuche Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From the hall the path drops down to a stream and the fields were ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma fortress and gates tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just above the stones the path comes out at a great roofed block-house which marks the village entrance. There is a large carved gate nearby and the village is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma children's tops; dress tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Inside the village, all the smaller boys and girls were playing with tops. The stone is carefully cut into two cones and is spun in exactly the same way as ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma gaonbura's house tours Sekrengi festival Thekrangi festival Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After toiling up the spur, I was glad to stop at a gaonbura's house. This is used as a 'theka ki' at the Sekrengi festival and ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma stone circle tours Kemova Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 A most impressive feature of the village is the great stone circle which marks the grave of the first director of the village ceremonies, the Kemova. This is ..
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Unelhu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma views on independence tours Unelhu Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After lunch I sat on a high fort taking in the enormous view and talking to Unelhu about the coming changes. He is attached to the public works ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema tours Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 7th January. Today I took the Government Jeep and went to Jakhama and Kigwema. Great clouds were billowing over the ..
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Viyema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema field rest house tours Viyema khel Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 46 Half a mile from the road and commanding a vast view is a ..
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Viyema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema gate erected by Viyema khel tours Viyema khel Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At the entrance to the village is a massive gate erected by the Viyema Khel in ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema mithan head carvings on house fronts tours Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Beyond the gate the village paths wind through a maze of houses. Many of these have carvings on..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema 'young mens' house tours Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In the middle of the village, I was shown a 'young men's house'. It was open at the end and contained a few log ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema piped water supply and electricity tours Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 A feature of the village, as indeed of Kigwema, is the modern system of water supply. A long pipe..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Zhakhama (Jakhama) visit to Jakhama and Kigwema war salvage tours Angami Southern Zhakhama (Jakhama) 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Another effect of the war is the amount of salvage which has entered Naga households. The house of a gaonbura abounds in..
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Kosazu of Kigwema Pawsey Whilie Angami of Kigwema 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema gate of Kipoma khel at Kigwema tours Kosazu of Kigwema Pawsey Whilie Angami of Kigwema Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From Jakhama I went to ..
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Kavema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema dormitory of Kavema khel tours Kavema khel Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From the gate we went up the path to the village passing as we did so a number of little boys with heads ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema use of corrugated iron tours Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Throughout the village a great deal of house building is going on. Thatched roofs are being replaced with corrugated iron and each ..
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Kosazu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema Kosazu's house and his father's grave tours Kosazu Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From the dormitory, Kosazu took me to his house. This contains the usual frontal planks all of them ..
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Kavema khel Mereletsuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema village gates tours Kavema khel Mereletsuma khel Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In Kigwema, all the gates are different and it is obvious that the various Khels ..
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Kipoma khel Makuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema christianity tours Kipoma khel Makuma khel Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Unlike most Angami villages, Christianity has secured a footing in Kigwema but conversion has..
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Kavema khel Makwuma khel Khamimakum khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema monument recording the merging of two khels tours Kavema khel Makwuma khel Khamimakum khel Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Another interesting monument..
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Makuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kigwema visit to Jakhama and Kigwema pulling in of a new rice pounder by Makuma khel tours Makuma khel Angami Southern Kigwema 1947-01-07:1947-01-07 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As I was leaving the village I heard a rhythmic sing- sing coming from the ..
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Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma Jotsoma khels tours Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 8th January Today, by jeep along the by-pass and thence to ..
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Tseyama khel Toloma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma bachelors' dormitories tours Tseyama khel Toloma khel Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The old function however still accounts for the lay-out of the bachelors' halls. Here as in Kigwema, these ..
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Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma Jotsoma khels tours Terhengi festival Toloma khel Tseyama khel Kroma khel Thekronoma khel Pawsey Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Although there are four Khels in..
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Lhuler Angami Tseyama khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma erection of memorial stone, Tseyama khel tours Lhuler Angami Tseyama khel Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 When I reached Tseyama Khel, I found a great stir in a courtyard adjoining the fort. ..
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Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma Khonoma Pfuchama Phesama Kigwema visit to Jotsoma village feuds and alliances tours Pawsey Jotsoma Khonoma Pfuchama Phesama Kigwema 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After crossing the bridge I climbed a steep lane and at length came out at..
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Pawsey Bose Subas Chandra Singh Gobind 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma lack of house horns or carvings, apart from school tours Pawsey Bose Subas Chandra Singh Gobind Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Unlike Kigwema where almost all roof tops are adorned..
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Kauffmann 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Jotsoma visit to Jotsoma graves tours Kauffmann Jotsoma 1947-01-08:1947-01-08 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In the later I saw two recent graves, one was of the gaonbura's wife and baskets, bamboo dishes, cloth, weaving, shuttles, cotton, gourds, and even a ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) visit to Mezoma tours Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 (15) 9th January. To Mezoma and back. This is one of the highest villages in the Western Angami group and from its dizzy forts, even Khonoma looks small..
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Hutton Zakivelia of Khonoma 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) visit to Mezoma memories of J.H. Hutton tours Hutton Zakivelia of Khonoma Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The ascent is exceedingly steep and after toiling for two hours, I was ..
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Nisonuma clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) visit to Mezoma field rest houses and the figures of 'Thepa' and 'Thevo', the village founders tours Thepa Thevo Nisonuma clan Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As in Khonoma, there are various ..
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Thepfuhie Angami Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Niruhu Angami Vihotsuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) visit to Mezoma halls and dormitories tours Thepfuhie Angami Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Niruhu Angami Vihotsuma khel Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer W.G. ..
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Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Vihotsuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) visit to Mezoma village gates tours Nisonuma clan Pfepetsuma khel Vihotsuma khel Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As in Jotsoma the various gates all reflect the ..
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Duovizo Angami Mills J.P. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Mezema (Mezoma) Khonoma Jotsoma Kiruphema (Kirufema) visit to Mezoma head-takers fourth line of cowrie shells on his skirt tours Duovizo Angami Mills J.P. Angami Western Mezema (Mezoma) Khonoma Jotsoma Kiruphema (Kirufema) 1947-01-09:1947-01-09 Archer..
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Horotsuma khel Chakuma khel Seyatsuma khel Kesinoma khel Kiditsuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Merema (Meroma) visit to Meroma tours Horotsuma khel Chakuma khel Seyatsuma khel Kesinoma khel Kiditsuma khel Merema (Meroma) 1947-01-10:1947-01-10 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 10 January A short day ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Merema (Meroma) visit to Meroma village gates tours Merema (Meroma) 1947-01-10:1947-01-10 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The gate of the first unit (the Horotsuma group) has a row of breasts at the bottom and next to a somewhat ambiguous form an ear of paddy has been ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Merema (Meroma) visit to Meroma lack of carvings and 'morungs' tours Merema (Meroma) 1947-01-10:1947-01-10 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Here as in Khonoma and Mezoma, almost all the houses are devoid of carving and I noticed only one plank with a single mithan head. ..
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Lhoulietuo Angami 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Merema (Meroma) visit to Meroma school and education tours Lhoulietuo Angami Merema (Meroma) 1947-01-10:1947-01-10 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 At the bottom of the village is a neatly made L.P. School with a ground for games attached. 14 children were ..
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Rudai 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Pfesa-Chaduma (Pfesachadumi) description of Pfesachadumi's 'morung' system tours Rudai Angami Eastern Pfesa-Chaduma (Pfesachadumi) 1947-01-11:1947-01-11 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 11 January Today I worked at home and in the evening discussed the morung system ..
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Chophimi clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Yehemi Kiyetha (Kiyatha) Khumishe (Khumishimi) Satami Achikuchimi Sema attitudes to young mens' houses (apuki) and the effect of christianity tours apuki kipitimi romki totimi romki sheku Chophimi clan Sema Yehemi Kiyetha (Kiyatha) Khumishe (Khumishimi) Satami ..
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Krusihu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kohima new gate at Kohima and mithan carving tours Krusihu Angami Kohima 1947-01-13:1947-01-13 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 13 January This morning Krusihu D.C.'s pandit and the head dobashi came to see me and we discussed the new gate which the Khel of Kohima is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kohima visit to Kohima village tours Kohima 1947-01-14:1947-01-14 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 14 January This morning I climbed the hill to Kohima village and made a short tour of the different Khels. Next R65548 R65548 Previous R65546 R65546 tours Next visit to Kohima ..
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Dapfetsuma khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kohima visit to Kohima village village gates tours Dapfetsuma khel Kohima 1947-01-14:1947-01-14 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The gates vary greatly in age and since fighting raged all round the village it is surprising that they still exist. A gate ..
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Yakhele Angami Zkamoh Angami 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Kohima visit to Kohima village lack of house carvings due to destruction of war tours Zhatho genna Yakhele Angami Zkamoh Angami Kohima 1947-01-14:1947-01-14 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Genna' carvings whether of house horns or mithan are ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Chakhabama visit to Eastern Angami area tours Angami Eastern Chakhabama 1947-01-15:1947-01-15 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 15 January Today I left Kohima for the Eastern Angamis. We began by skirting the village and went slowly down to a stony river. We rose quickly up ..
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Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Thenizumi Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) visit to Eastern Angami area tours Pawsey Angami Eastern Thenizumi Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 1947-01-16:1947-01-16 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 16th January The jeep returned yesterday with Pawsey's camp bed and after blocking the ..
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Nasa khel Rengatsumi khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) visit to Cheswejumi house tax and khel organization tours Nasa khel Rengatsumi khel Angami Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 1947-01-17:1947-01-17 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 17th January All today I was on my feet counting..
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Zine Angami of Cheswejumi 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) Kigwema visit to Cheswejumi house carvings tours Moza feast Zhatho feast Zine Angami of Cheswejumi Angami Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) Kigwema 1947-01-17:1947-01-17 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Going round and round the..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) visit to Cheswejumi Y posts tours Zhatho feast Angami Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 1947-01-17:1947-01-17 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Besides the carvings which form a permanent part of the house structure, a few houses contain serrated poles ..
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Phathilhumi of Cheswejumi 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) visit to Cheswejumi boys' dormitories tours Phathilhumi of Cheswejumi Angami Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 1947-01-17:1947-01-17 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 When looking into the house of Phathilhumi, I noticed bedding ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) visit to Cheswejumi village hospitality tours Angami Eastern Cheswezumi (Cheswejumi) 1947-01-17:1947-01-17 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As in all Angami villages which I have so far seen, rules of commensality seem very wide. On almost every ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Thenizumi visit to Thenizumi tours Angami Eastern Thenizumi 1947-01-18:1947-01-18 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 (27) 18th January Visited Thenizumi and counted houses. On the way we met a Naga of the village dressed in a gorgeously decorated cloak. The background was red ..
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Thepfuseu Hutton 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Thenizumi visit to Thenizumi cat genna in cases of theft tours tehuba kemovo Thepfuseu Hutton Angami Eastern Thenizumi 1947-01-18:1947-01-18 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Angami Nagas', Hutton Close to Thenizumi, Thepfuseu (dobashi) showed me a heap of ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Thenizumi visit to Thenizumi khel system tours Angami Eastern Thenizumi 1947-01-18:1947-01-18 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Shortly beyond this spot, I saw the first village gate. Each of the four Khels possess one and although all are old, none is entirely derelict. The ..
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