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Naga : a forgotten mountain region rediscovered
- Title
- Naga : a forgotten mountain region rediscovered / Richard Kunz, Vibha Joshi (eds.).
- Publication
- Basel : Museum der Kulturen Basel : Christoph Merian, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 09-357 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 200 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 28 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "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.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-199).
- Contents
- Introduction / Richard Kunz, Wibke Lobo, Wolfgang Stein -- Photographs by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf from the 1930s -- An introduction to Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's Naga photographs / Alan Macfarlane -- The land and the people [photographs] -- The Naga : an introduction / Vibha Joshi -- Head-hunting in its socio-religious context / Peter van Ham -- Log-drums - ceremonial objects of the central and northern Nagas / Richard Kunz -- Angami village gates kharu / Vibha Joshi -- Head-hunting and morung [objects] -- Women in Naga society / Vibha Joshi -- Jewellery as symbols of identity and status / Ayinla Shilu Ao -- Textile art and household [objects] -- Agricultural cycle, associated rituals and the role of women / Anungla Aier -- Cultivation, household and agricultural feasts [objects] -- Feasts and festivals / Vibha Joshi -- Ceremonial dress and ornaments [objects] -- 'Cultural extravagance' and the search for identity in present-day Nagaland / Alban von Stockhausen and Marion Wettstein -- Epilogue - Critina Fessler : work-cycle Nagaland-transfer 1992-2008 / Richard Kunz.
- Call Number
- JFF 09-357
- ISBN
- 9783856163815
- 3856163816
- OCLC
- 245517001
- Title
- Naga : a forgotten mountain region rediscovered / Richard Kunz, Vibha Joshi (eds.).
- Imprint
- Basel : Museum der Kulturen Basel : Christoph Merian, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-199).
- Added Author
- Kunz, Richard.Joshi, Vibha.Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-Museum der Kulturen Basel.Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 09-357