Isbn: 9783856163815 - naga: a forgotten mountain region rediscovered (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 200 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 28 cm. Summary:Exhibition includes objects from the collections of the Museum der Kulturen Basel, the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München. 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.…