• The image is part of a series documenting the retu...

Girl wearing brass earrings, many necklaces including one of disc-like beads

Girl wearing brass earrings, many necklaces including one of disc-like beads
Catalogue reference: PPMS19_6_NAGA_1560
Collection: Fürer-Haimendorf
Description: The image is part of a series documenting the return of Fürer-Haimendorf from a punitive expedition conducted by the British against the Kalyo-Kengyo (Khiamniungan) village of Pangsha. From this tour he brought back head-trophies some of which he had collected from the head trees in the villages he visited on the... way. A large group of Nagas from different Konyak villages had accompanied him onto the expedition as porters (kulis). Coming back to their villages, both Fürer-Haimendorf and the returning villagers were greeted as head-hunters. The skulls or fragments of them were given to the villages and received by performing head-receiving" dances. Through this "payment", Fürer-Haimendorf was able to document ceremonies that - under normal circumstances - weren't possible anymore at that time, as head hunting was prohibited in British administered areas." More
Date/period of original: 20 December 1936
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
Location: Shiong, Nagaland, Mon district, India
Copyright: SOAS, Nicholas Haimendorf
For citation use: SOAS Library PPMS19_6_NAGA_1560
Geographical Location: View the associated location for this item in Google maps
Title: Girl wearing brass earrings, many necklaces including one of disc-like beads
Format of Original: 35mm B&W neg_Agfa
Original reference: 054_33_Wakching-Shiong
Creator of original: Fürer-Haimendorf,
Copy taken by: von Stockhausen, Alban
Date of Copy: 25 September 2007
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial
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