The Nagas : Hill Peoples of Northern India

riverbooksbk.com : The Nagas 392 pp, 245 x 225 mm
Paperback, 700 illustrations 250 in colour
ISBN 0 500 97471 3

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The Nagas of Northeast India are radically different in culture and beliefs from the Hindu peoples of the plains. Renowned for their fierce resistance to the British and their former practice of head-taking, the thousands of small Naga villages, perched on isolated hills, exhibit significant differences, with more than a dozen mutually unintelligible languages and both unity and diversity in their dress and ornament. Their vibrant material culture of textiles, basketry, jewellery, weapons and carvings is fully illustrated, while many documentary field photographs enrich this fascinating book.