The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (46) Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting The So-Called Naga Hills,.. Part I In the limits of the necessarily short paper which I have the honour of reading to you ..
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  2. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 meaning of the term 'Naga';..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Naga tribes inhabit the hills south-east of Assam, dividing that province from the north-west portion of the Burmese territory..
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  3. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 Samaguting given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 It will be unnecessary to refer at any length to the history of our relations with the Nagas,.. published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of ..
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  4. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Although the home of so many diverse tribes, the character of the country is much the same throughout,.. the hill ranges increasing in height from the low ranges ..
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  5. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. The country is densely populated and a very large portion of the hill sides is under cultivation,.. on the extreme south-east limit of the Assam plains, when the ..
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  6. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. This marks the Angami off from all the others tribes on either side of the Brahmaputra,.. whatever the origin of the other Naga tribes,.. This marks the Angami off ..
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  7. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The average height of the Angamis is 5 feet 9 inches (some attaining a height of 6 feet) and they are well and powerfully built,.. Their hair is cut short or ..
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  8. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. the principal distinguishing article of dress of the Angamis,.. the lower inner corner is drawn tightly between the legs by means of a string which passes up behind ..
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  9. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The chief ornament for the ear is a very handsome one... the centre being a couple of emerald beetle's wings surrounded with a circle of long shiny white seeds, ..
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  10. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Armlets made of single slices of elephants' tusks,.. distracts the eye of the foe levelling his spear at him,.. Previous Angami 34 1881-01-01 Armlets made of ..
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  11. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. and follow somewhat the shape of the leg, fitting tightly at the ankle and below the knee, and swelling into a globe at the calf... Some are made with a slit at the ..
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  12. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. are on the average taller than the women of most hill races,.. ' This is a noticeable instance of the female withdrawing from the contests wherever she finds a male ..
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  13. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a small blue or black petticoat,.. The next important article of clothing is a broadcloth,.. a good deal of the work in the field,.. ..
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  14. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas generally breed cows,.. Previous Angami 34 1881-01-01 The Nagas generally breed cows,..
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  15. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. and admitting only of the passage of one man at a time... small bridges of planks and logs of wood keeping open communications in times of peace,.. and admitting only..
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  16. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The roads in the higher hills are constructed with considerable skill,.. instead of the road or path being taken up and down the faces of the slopes,.. as is the ..
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  17. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. are the graves of departed families- large platforms of earth and stones,.. They were clad in all the garments of the deceased with their shields fixed on the left ..
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  18. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Very noticeable objects among these hills are the long rows of huge monoliths, which are either monumental or simply commemorative (54) of some big feast given by ..
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  19. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These remarks on the Western Angamis apply to their brethren of the higher hills,.. Previous Angami Eastern 34 1881-01-01 These remarks on the Western Angamis ..
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  20. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses of these people are rather larger than those of the more western villages,..c., the fronts of the houses are almost covered with a number of dolls about..
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  21. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. The heads of enemies taken in battle or murder are fixed by spikes to the tops of long poles planted in rows along the pathway just outside the village... The heads ..
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  22. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis struck us as a very cheerful,.. near a village ( I speak of 1873-5), the men all turned out at once to build our huts,.. as the setting sun was gilding..
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  23. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. except by the death of the murderer or some of his near relatives,.. whilst a third lives between them in a state of neutrality,.. "The blood feud of the Naga,.. ..
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  24. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. They are nominally under the orders of the headmen of their respective villages,.. The orders of the headmen are obeyed so far only as they may happen to be in accord..
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  25. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas in general have very vague ideas of religion or of a future state... probably others again among the Angamis believe that if they have acted up to their ..
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  26. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Whatever may be their belief in a god or a future state,.. A custom arising from this belief in demons is analogous to the ceremony of striking the lintel and ..
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  27. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. Captain Butler told me one day that he had seen a few twigs and leaves stuck here and there along a path leading to a village... Captain Butler also tells of a chief ..
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  28. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. little spaces had been cleared in the tall grass on either side of the path, sufficient to allow of a man crouching in each of them,.. Here the oracle had been ..
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  29. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 protecting a village by sacrificing a puppy;..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. when our rear guard was suddenly attacked by a large number of Nagas who had come up from the village through the ..
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  30. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the Angamis a description of "Tabu" is very much in vogue... on the birth of a child, or death of one of a family,.. except the inmated of the house. An ..
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  31. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Captain Butler mentions the following instances of their expressive manner of emphasizing messages... " I remember (60) a challenge being conveyed by means of a ..
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  32. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    1881-01-01:1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..
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  33. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 Asalu given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. Colonel Woodthorpe in the opening portion of his paper referred to my services when in charge of the Khasi and Naga Hills survey operations,.. and the people ..
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  34. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. Woodthorpe's able and richly illustrated paper as perhaps the most valuable contribution yet made towards the study of the so-called Naga tribes... and the remarkable..
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  35. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. said that the hair of the Angamis is generally straight,.. said that the hair of the Angamis is generally straight,..
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  36. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    1881-01-01:1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..
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  37. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. which includes by far the larger portion of the inhabitants of these hills. It is great pity that political and other considerations prevented any exploration beyond ..
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  38. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. all this added to their evident distrust of all strangers ( so different from the Angamis), combine to make them a very unprepossessing race,.. the implement used ..
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  39. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. with the exception of the Sehmahs,.. made on a similar principle to that of a Lushai woman's pipe,..e., the bowl is fitted with a small bamboo receptacle beneath for ..
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  40. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Rengmahs are particularly noticeable for the peculiar tail which they alone,.. broad at the base and tapering to the tip... The broad part of the tail is ..
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  41. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the other tribes the shields are smaller and less decorated than the Angami's, and among the tribes immediately adjoining the Angamis they are made of ..
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  42. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. is the presence in their villages of a conspicuous building called the Bachelor's House ( found also among the Garos). In the larger villages we find two or three of ..
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  43. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. is that of raising the house above the ground on posts or piles of bamboo... the floor of which is the ground itself,.. Then we come to a room occupying the rest of ..
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  44. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A few words concerning the manner of cultivating will suffice for all these non-kilted tribes,.. The process commonly known as "Jooming", from the word " Joom", a ..
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  45. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (67) Passing along the hills in a north-easterly direction from the tribes just described,.. with the exception of the inhabitants of the Yangmun valley... The ..
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  46. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a small petticoat of dark blue, a cloth of the same colour being thrown over the shoulders... Sometimes these rings pass through the ..
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  47. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. The stockades are strongly built of a double line of posts supporting a wall of interlaced bamboo,.. the second being situated between it and the one surrounding the ..
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  48. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mongsenyimti (Boralangi) treatment of the dead;..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The bodies of the dead are wrapped in mats and disposed on platforms roofed over and fenced in. All the ..
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  49. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. and in the gentler gradients cuts are made across the road at every change of inclination or direction in the most scientific manner to carry off the water down the ..
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  50. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We pass on now to the tribes lying to the north-east of these we have just been considering, and they may be designated as the tribes inhabiting the hills ..
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  51. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A general description of the villages,.. The plan of the village is somewhat similar to that of the Hatigorias,.. The "Morangs" (bachelor's houses) are much more ..
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  52. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses in these villages are similar to those already described being raised from the ground,.. the result is that even in the middle of the brightest day the ..
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  53. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 When and old woman is left a widow and without a home,.. a youth having taken a fancy to a girl,.. within a circle of staves surrounding two trees supporting a ..
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  54. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In some villages the skull trophies are not placed in the morang,.. Many of the verandahs contain a number of Y-shaped posts carved with human figures and methua ..
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  55. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dead are sometimes as at Tablung,.. are placed among the upper branches of big trees just outside the villages... the beaks at the end of the coffin projecting..
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  56. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men of this tribe tattoo on the chest after taking their first head. The pattern consists of four lines which spring from the navel diverging as they ascend,....
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  57. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In the valley of the Yangmun river is an interesting tribe of whom I should like to have learned more than we did,.. and we could not remain to explore more than ..
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  58. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. The women in the Yangmun valley have a very peculiar mode of cutting their hair:.. a narrow space on each side of the head being shaved perfectly clean from the ..
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  59. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    .. (Yangmun R.) given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 They build a large number of granaries in their fields for the reception of the crops when first gathered... It looks at a distance like a large silver chevron ..
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  60. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In one village here we saw a very fine stone viaduct across a small ravine 50 feet in length and 20 feet in height with a most scientific culvert through it... we ..
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  61. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 We now come to the tribes in the Jaipur district,.. when in the incredibly brief space of a couple of minutes,.. out of a total of 197 all told: the remainder of ..
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  62. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The men are of average height and nearly all well made and well developed,.. and then the bare portion of the face,.. The tattooing on the face is called 'ak' and ..
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  63. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 All the men of these tribes dress their hair in a similar fashion,.. Previous Mutania Sermamen Borduaria Namsangia 34 1881-01-01 All the men of these tribes dress ..
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  64. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 As we proceed eastwards from the Angamis we find a taste for helmets gradually developing,.. A large plume of black or red hair passes over the helmet from front ..
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  65. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 From the shoulders to the elbows the men encase their arms in many rings of red and yellow cane,.. an effect which is heightened by the bands of black or yellow ..
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  66. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. A curious custom prevails at a village called Voka,.. but he at once adopts a waist cloth when he takes a wife... At one village every man carried against his apron a..
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  67. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women of these Eastern tribes are short in stature,.. the navel is the centre of a Maltese cross,.. that on the thighs consisting of close (78) vertical lines ..
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  68. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The operation of tattooing is sometimes attended with fatal results... The operation had resulted in inflammation and mortification of the limbs. I went into the ..
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  69. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The dress of the women consists principally of a very small petticoat 26 inches deep,.. this only comes a little more than half-way round the body leaving the ..
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  70. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. sometimes there is a semicircular projection at the back of the blade... made of buffalo hide decorated along the upper edge with a fringe of red hair,.. Every man ..
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  71. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. the material being apparently a kind of gunmetal,.. The women carry long iron walking staves foliated at the upper end... the material being apparently a kind of ..
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  72. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. occupying the highest points of the ridges on which they stand,.. The defences consist of double stockades made of interlaced bamboo and cane,.. occupying the highest..
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  73. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses are generally scattered up and down without any attempt at order,.. The principal uprights project some two or three feet through the ridge of the roof,..
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  74. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. the intervening space being divided up into several apartments and store-rooms arranged on either side of a central passage. Each of the women's apartments has its ..
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  75. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Between two villages we saw by the roadside a small table raised eight feet from the ground and approached on either side by a broad wooden ramp... meet face to ..
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  76. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 treatment of the dead;..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. and have at each end a tall figure of wood dressed,.. and tattooed after the manner of the men of the village,.. and have at each end a ..
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  77. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 life of a surveyor in the Naga Hills notes Woodthorpe R...1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. of the religion of the Nagas... Next R87377 R87377 Previous R87375 R87375 notes Next life of a surveyor ..
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  78. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    1881-01-01:1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..
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  79. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. No doubt the constant state of hostility with their neighbours in which they live heads to this state of things, and the speaker could testify to all that the author ..
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  80. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 notes Next Mr Hyde Clarke's comments on the diversity of languages Woodthorpe R...1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. These facts serve to show the position of the Naga languages,.. forming a league..
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  81. published - 'Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Frontier of India', by Col. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    ..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,..1881-12-31 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute,.. and the rough salt collected and made up into small cakes enclosed in a case of bamboo leaves... and the rough salt collected and made up into small cakes enclosed in..
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