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 : The Naga head-hunters of Burma


The Naga head-hunters of Burma

Mr A. S. Vernay visited a village of the head-hunting Burmese Nagas with the American Museum of Natural History expedition, taking the photographs that appear on this page which include, clockwise from top left: In the village of the head-hunting Burmese Nagas, the large framework of a large community dwelling made of wooden posts and bamboo; Nagas at work thatching the large community dwelling with atap palm leaves; Two Naga women photographed outside a community house- bashful ladies who were alarmed by the camera and had to be ordered out to face it by their chief; and hairdressing in the Naga village of Hathi- the village barber at work with a large knife and a wooden mallet

Picture No
13990061
Media ID
45427861
Size
4032px x 5950px (3.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photographs by the Vernay-Hopwood expedition in The Illustrated London News, 20th June 1936, page 1104
Date
1936

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