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Konyak (Indic people)

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  • Assam: boys of the Konyak Naga tribe, showing the effect of tight waist-belts made of cane. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
  • Assam: a Konyak Naga boy with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.
  • A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with a necklace indicating that he has cut off a man's head. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
  • A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with plugs distorting his ears and a necklace indicating the number of heads he has cut off. Photograph.
  • Assam: a burial place of the Konyak Naga tribe, with heads placed in sandstone hollows above ground. Photograph attributed to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
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    Assam: a burial place of the Konyak Naga tribe, with heads placed in sandstone hollows above ground. Photograph attributed to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.

    Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. | Date: [1937?] | Reference: 664005i
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    Assam: a Konyak Naga boy with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.

    Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. | Date: [1937?] | Reference: 645277i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Assam: boys of the Konyak Naga tribe, showing the effect of tight waist-belts made of cane. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.

    Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. | Date: [1937?] | Reference: 644767i
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    • Online

    A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with a necklace indicating that he has cut off a man's head. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.

    Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. | Date: [1937?] | Reference: 663249i
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    Assam: a man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with pierced and distended ear-lobes filled with a stud decorated with pendents. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.

    Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. | Date: [1937?] | Reference: 645663i
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