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Naga portrait studies, 1880s

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Naga portrait studies, 1880s
Six albumen prints, each approx. 8¼ x 11½ in., five titled in the negatives, numbered in pencil on verso. (6)

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Two images of a Naga war dance, two group portraits of Nagas in traditional war dress with jewellery made out of bones and beads holding hand-made weapons, a 'Fakial Home' and a group portrait of men and women in traditional dress in front of a bamboo backdrop decorated with animal skins (illus.).

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