Naga
Subtitle: a forgotten mountain region rediscovered
By: Richard Kunz, Vibha Joshi (eds.).
Contributors: Kunz, Richard.; Joshi, Vibha.; Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-; Museum der Kulturen Basel.; Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.; Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München.
Publisher: Museum der Kulturen Basel; Christoph Merian; Christoph Merian Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783856163815
Subjects: Museum der Kulturen Basel -- Exhibitions; Naga (South Asian people) -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions; Naga (South Asian people) -- Material culture -- Exhibitions; Naga (South Asian people) -- Social conditions -- Exhibitions; Naga Hills (India) -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: "Catalogue accompanying the exhibition 'Naga - a forgotten mountain region rediscovered' in the Museum der Kulturen Basel, August 22, 2008-May 17, 2009"--T.p. verso.

Col. maps on front and back flaps.

Exhibition includes objects from the collections of the Museum der Kulturen Basel, the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-199).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard Kunz, Wibke Lobo, Wolfgang Stein; title: Photographs by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf from the 1930s; title: An introduction to Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's Naga photographs / Alan Macfarlane; title: The land and the people [photographs]; title: The Naga : an introduction / Vibha Joshi; title: Head-hunting in its socio-religious context / Peter van Ham; title: Log-drums - ceremonial objects of the central and northern Nagas / Richard Kunz; title: Angami village gates kharu / Vibha Joshi; title: Head-hunting and morung [objects]; title: Women in Naga society / Vibha Joshi; title: Jewellery as symbols of identity and status / Ayinla Shilu Ao; title: Textile art and household [objects]; title: Agricultural cycle, associated rituals and the role of women / Anungla Aier; title: Cultivation, household and agricultural feasts [objects]; title: Feasts and festivals / Vibha Joshi; title: Ceremonial dress and ornaments [objects]; title: 'Cultural extravagance' and the search for identity in present-day Nagaland / Alban von Stockhausen and Marion Wettstein; title: Epilogue - Critina Fessler : work-cycle Nagaland-transfer 1992-2008 / Richard Kunz.