The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India

The Nagas of the Northeast hills of India were radically different in culture and beliefs from the Hindu peoples of the plains and are represented here through color photographs of their textiles, basketry, jewelry, weapons, metalwork, and carvings.

In the years before Indian Independence in 1947, the Nagas of northeast India came to exemplify an exotic society. Peoples of the hills, radically different in culture and beliefs from the better-known Hindu peoples of the plains, they were renow...