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Trophies of a headhunter's house of the Chang Naga tribe, India, including human skulls. Photograph.

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.

Assam: a Chang Naga man with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.

Kalyo Kengyu, northern India: human heads hung up as trophies in a Naga village. Photograph.

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.

A young man of the Konyak Naga tribe, India, holding a human head. Photograph.

The comprehensive history of Assam : from the pre-historic times to the twelfth century A.D / edited by H.K. Barpujari.

Observations on malaria control , with special reference to the Assam tea gardens, and some remarks on Mian Mir, Lahore Cantonment / by Sir Malcolm Watson.

The tribes of the Brahmaputra Valley : a contribution on their physical types and affinities / L.A. Waddell.

Assam congress opium enquiry report : September, 1925.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual report on the working of the civil hospitals and dispensaries in the Province of Assam : with brief explanatory notes.

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Assam

Images from the collections

Images referencing Assam

Works from the collections

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual report on the working of the civil hospitals and dispensaries in the Province of Assam : with brief explanatory notes.

Assam

Images from the collections

Images referencing Assam

Works from the collections

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

Annual report on the working of the civil hospitals and dispensaries in the Province of Assam : with brief explanatory notes.

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