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Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, worn at the hip when not accompanied by the ceremonial tail (when it is worn at the small of the back), conical and open, with a loop of cane for suspension, and decorated with red and black goat hair: India, Assam, Naga

Avikisaphu Avikisaphu

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, with ceremonial tail, worn at the small of the back (the basket is worn at the hip when not accompanied by the tail), consisting of a basket of canework with a cane loop above and a long rod at the bottom from which hangs a fringe of red and black human hair: India, Assam, Sumi Naga

Asaphu Asaphu

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, worn on the hip when not accompanied by the ceremonial tail (when it is worn at the small of the back), conical, with a cane loop above and ornamented with a horizontal band of trimmed red dyed goat hair overlapping a fringe of black human hair: India, Assam, Sumi Naga

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament comprising a slab of wood fringed with red-dyed goat hair, the centre covered with black cloth and decorated with coloured paper and a row of Job's tears, worn by young men: Assam, Kohima, Angami Nagas

Amlakha Amlakha

Amlakha or baldric comprising a strip of blue cloth with centre part embroidered in scarlet wool and ornamented with a fringe of scarlet goat's hair with three vertical lines of white, worn across the breast: Assam, Sema Naga

Amini-kedah Amini-kedah

Amini-kedah or apron of cloth partly stiffened with strips of cane, the front almost entirely covered with rows of white cowrie shells, with two ornamental semi-circles in cowrie shells and red goat's hair at top, worn by men in ceremonial dress: Assam, Sema Naga

Ear ornament Ear ornament

Ear ornament made of boar's tusk and dyed goat's hair, decorated with seeds and beetle wings: India, Nagaland, Angami Naga

Ear ornament Ear ornament

Ear ornament made of boar's tusk and dyed goat's hair, decorated with seeds and beetle wings: India, Nagaland, Angami Naga

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament (thatsu), male, wood decorated on one side with rows of cowrie shell and overlapping red-dyed, black and white goat hair surrounded by a fringe of red-dyed goat hair with a cloth strap: India, Assam, Angami Naga

Spear Spear

Spear with shaft ornamented with dyed goat's hair: Assam, Manipur Hill Territory, Angami Nagas

Spear Spear

Spear with shaft ornamented with dyed goat's hair: Assam, Manipur Hill Territory, Angami Nagas

Spear Spear

Spear with an iron blade and socket, and a wooden shaft decorated with red goat's hair fastened to twine: Asia, South Asia, India, Assam, Naga, 19th - early 20th century

Dao Dao

Dao or all-purpose chopper with iron blade and a wooden handle decorated with tufts of dyed goat's hair, brass wire and dyed cane: Assam, Ao Naga

Warrior's tail Warrior's tail

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, with ceremonial tail, worn at the small of the back (the basket is worn at the hip when not accompanied by the tail), consisting of a curved bamboo rod decorated with a fringe of red-dyed and white goat hair and black human hair: India, Kohima, Angami Naga

Warrior's tail Warrior's tail

Warrior's ceremonial tail of woven cane with plumes of goat's hair dyed black and red, used for carrying panjis or sharpened bamboo spikes: Assam, Ao Naga

Helmet Helmet

Helmet of plaited cane painted with vertical yellow and red stripes, with thick goat's hair tuft, and four grey feathers at centre top, worn by old men on ceremonial occasions: Assam, Ao Naga

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